The son of King Uroš I and Queen Jelena, and brother of Dragutin. He waged many wars in defense of his faith and his people. He fought against Michael Palaiologos because the latter had accepted the Union [with Rome] and was forcing other Balkan peoples—and even monks on Mount Athos—to do the same. He also fought against the Bulgarian Tsar Shishman and the Tatar leader Nogai. Placing his trust in God and praying to Him, he was successful in all his wars. He built over 40 churches and monasteries, including Gračanica, Banjska, Treskavac, the Church of Saint George in Staro Nagoričane, and the Church of the Most Holy Theotokos in Skopje; he also commissioned churches outside his own realm—in Thessaloniki, Sofia, Constantinople, Jerusalem, and on Mount Athos. He fell asleep in the Lord in 1320. His incorrupt and wonder-working relics rest in Sofia, in the Church of the Holy King.

Hieromartyr Zenobius and his sister Zenobia. The Holy Apostles Cleopas, Tertius, Mark, Justus, and Artemas. Venerable Theoktistos and Jelena. Saint Barnabas of Hvostno, the Confessor.