Venerable
Stephen the Serb
of Karoulia (Great Lavra)
A Serbian ascetic, over forty years at Karoulia, who returned to Serbia after his cell burned; venerated, not formally canonized.
- Era
- 20th century
- Place
- Karoulia (Great Lavra), Mount Athos
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Stephen the Serb was a Serbian monk, for more than forty years a struggler on Karoulia, the harshest part of the Holy Mountain. In 1982 he still cooked for himself. After his cell burned he returned to Serbia, where he spent his last days at the Slanci monastery near Belgrade, and was buried in his homeland. He is venerated by the faithful, without a synodal canonization.
No other details of his life have survived.