Saints are chosen according to the example of the holiday – Synaxis of all Serbian educators and teachers.
Hand carved thumbnails around the icon of
Saint Sava are:
Christ,
bless this council:
1. Saint Simeon the Myrrh-bearing, (in the middle of the bottom row)
2. St. Arsenije Sremac, successor of Saint Sava
3. Saint Sava II,
4. St. Jevstatije Prevlački,
5. St. Jevstatije II
6. St. Sava III,
7. St. Archbishop Nicodemus,
8. St. Danilo II
9. St. Joanikije II, the first Serbian patriarch
10. St. Patriarch Ephrem,
11. St. Patriarch Spiridon,
12. St. Patriarch Danilo III,
13. St. Patriarch Makarije Sokolović,
14. St. Patriarch Gavrilo I,
15. St. Vasilije Ostroski,
16. St. Saint Peter Cetinjski,
16. St. Platon of Banjalučki
17. Saint Peter Dabrobosanski,
18. St. Irinej Bački,
19. St. Nicholas of Ohrid and Žiča,
20. Saint Justin of the Ćelije Monastery
“Blessed and faithful servants, good workers of the Lord’s lineage” – Saint Nicholas of Ohrid and Žički (Ohrid prologue)