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"Only Unity Saves the Serbs"

"Само слога Србина спашава"

"Samo sloga Srbina spašava"

This is an historically-significant phrase of the Serbian people, and is used as a cry against foreign domination and national disunity. Flag of the Serbian Orthodox Church. ... Flag of the Serbian Orthodox Church. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

It is a popular belief that the phrase is displayed on the Serbian cross on the Serbian national coat of arms, in the form of four C-shaped firesteels (Serbian: "ocila", "оцила"), which form an acronym of four Cyrillic letters for 'S' (с). However, this symbol might in fact be a sort of a copy of Byzantine coat of arms where stylized Greek letters Β stood for the imperial motto Basileus Basileon Basileuon Basileusin ("King of kings, ruling over kings") in Greek. The Serbian Cross (српски крст/srpski krst) is a Greek cross which has C-shapes on each of its four corners. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Byzantine Empire at its greatest extent c. ...

Another popular story has it that this phrase originated in the 12th century with St. Sava, the Serbian prince and monk, and later the patron saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church. It was at this time that Serbs, who lacked a nationally established church, were under pressure from Rome to convert from Orthodoxy to Catholicism. According to the story St. Sava called for the creation of an independent church in Serbia that would remain Orthodox, and uttered the "ocila" phrase to urge the Serbian people to declare national autonomy and resist domination by the Roman Catholic Church. (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Saint Sava (1175 or 1176 - January 12, 1235 or 1236), originally the prince Rastko Nemanjic (son of the Serbian king Stefan Nemanja and brother of Stefan Prvovencani, founder of the Serbian medieval state), is the first Serb archbishop (1219-1233) and the most important saint in the Serbian Orthodox Church. ... Early history The Serbs migrated to the Balkans during the reign of Byzantine emperor Heraclius (610-641). ... The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic Church (see terminology below) is the Christian Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. It traces its origins to the original Christian community founded by Jesus of Nazareth, with its traditions first established by the Twelve Apostles and... As a Christian ecclesiastical term, Catholic - from the Greek adjective , meaning general or universal[1] - is described in the Oxford English Dictionary as follows: ~Church, (originally) whole body of Christians; ~, belonging to or in accord with (a) this, (b) the church before separation into Greek or Eastern and Latin or... The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic Church (see terminology below) is the Christian Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. It traces its origins to the original Christian community founded by Jesus of Nazareth, with its traditions first established by the Twelve Apostles and...

Serbian musician Inspector Blaža's album is named Only Superman Saves the Serbs (Samo Supermen Srbiju Spašava). Superman is a fictional character and one of the most famous and popular comic book superheroes of all time. ...