05 — Lawgiver and Educator

Sava the founder of Serbian law and letters: the Zakonopravilo, the great compilation of canon and civil law that became the first constitution of the Serbian church and state and spread across the Slavic Orthodox world as the Kormchaya kniga; and the wider work of the “Enlightener” — the profession of faith, the educational and literary program, and the symphonic synthesis of church and state that defines Serbian Orthodoxy.

Tradition: Serbian Orthodox

Files

File	Description
the-nomocanon.md	The Zakonopravilo / Nomocanon of St. Sava — the foundational Serbian collection of civil and canon law, and its spread as the Kormchaya kniga
faith-letters-and-learning.md	The symphonic church–state synthesis; the profession of faith; Sava as the father of Serbian education and letters

See Also

• 04 — The Autocephalous Church — the church the Zakonopravilo was written to govern
• 06 — The Royal Saint-Maker — the church–state symphony in its dynastic form
• Orthodoxy Guide: Canon Law — the Byzantine nomocanonical tradition behind the Zakonopravilo