2019800 Years of the Serbian Orthodox Church - First Day Cover

"I set this Kir Sava as an archbishop to all Serbian countries and maritime ..." In this way, according to the records of Domentian, the biographer of Saint Sava, in 1219, the patriarch of Manojlo addressed the solemn assembly of the church generals in Nicaea.
During Manojlo and the Theodore Laskaris rule, Saint Sava went to Nicaea to establish the establishment of an archbishopric which would include the countries under the authority of King Stefan the Firstborn.