Posted on 06/28/2015 2:05:13 PM PDT by Ravnagora
Battle of Kosovo icon.
...The heart of Serbia, her soul, which was Kosovo, lay here.
Lazar’s territory began to feel the threat for real in 1381 when the first Turkish raids in northern Serbia began. The pivotal invasion would come on a Tuesday, eight years later. That Tuesday, June 28, 1389, would become probably the single most important date in all of Serbian history, and the impact of the events of that single day would not only effect the Serbians and their lands, but all of the Balkans and the future of Europe as well. It is impossible to quantify all of the collateral impact of the Kosovo Battle in 1389 on the “Field of Blackbirds”, but as a result of Ottoman Empire domination in the Balkans, the Serbs would become essential pawns and players in the eyes of other states and empires to the north and to the east. The power play that would result would have international consequences far beyond the Balkans.
The Turks won the battle. The Serbs lost the battle. Murad I lost his life. So did Prince Lazar. And so did the entire Serbian Army of Christians who faced down the Moslem Ottoman invaders and perished doing so. How do you adequately explain the Battle of Kosovo and all that this one battle meant, not just to the Serbians, but to all of Christianity? To the Serbs, you don’t have to...
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Thanks for posting.
I celebrated Vidovdan yesterday with my Serbian Orthodox parish!
I hope you had a blessed Feast Day!!!!
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