South Canaan, Pennsylvania, March 28, 2024
New icon of St. Nikolai in repose, adorning the St. Nikolai Chapel at St. Tikhon’s Seminary In 2021, St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in South Canaan, Pennsylvania, launched an annual series of talks dedicated to St. Nikolai (Velimirović).
St. Nikolai is one of the greatest saints of the 20th century. Known as the New Chrysostom for his penetrating preaching, St. Nikolai brought much comfort to the suffering Serbian Church during the years of the Second World War. He too suffered, being imprisoned for two years at the Dachau concentration camp.
St. Nikolai also served the Church in America, living at St. Tikhon’s Monastery from 1951 until 1956 and teaching at the seminary, for which he served as rector in the 1955-1956 school year. It was in the St. Tikhon’s Seminary building that this giant of Orthodoxy reposed on March 18, 1956, under suspect circumstances. The seminary chapel is dedicated to his memory.
This year’s talk was offered by Fr. Yaroslav Sudick, a priest of 65 years, who was close to St. Nikolai during his time as a seminarian at St. Tikhon’s:
“You’ll never see a guy like that again. There’s only one,” Fr. Yaroslav said.
Last year’s talk was offered by Fr. Daniel Geeza, who also knew St. Nikolai during his time at the seminary:
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