St. Nicholas of Serbia

Believe.

The faith of educated people.

With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia

© Moscow Metochion of the Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, 2002.

© Luganskaya S. – translation, 2002.

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Preface

Creed

I believe in one God...

... The Father Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Only-begotten, Who was born of the Father before all ages

… Light of Light, true of God, true of God, begotten, uncreated, of one essence with the Father, in Whom all things were

For our sake and for our salvation, He came down from Heaven and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became man

And he was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered, and was buried

And rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures

And ascended into heaven, and sat at the right hand of the Father

And he who is to come shall judge with glory the living and the dead, and His kingdom shall have no end

And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Life-giving, Who proceedeth from the Father, Who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, saith the prophets

In one Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church

I confess one baptism for the remission of sins

I look forward to the resurrection of the dead...

… and the life of the age to come

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The title of this small book by the outstanding Serbian archpastor and theologian St. Nicholas (Velimirović, 1881-1956) may surprise someone: "The Faith of Educated People." However, in reality, by giving such a title to his work, which is a living and patristic explanation of the Orthodox Symbol of Faith, the author wanted to bring to the reader's consciousness one very important idea. A truly educated person, in his opinion, is not the one who is rich in knowledge, but the one who is "educated inwardly, with all his heart, with all his being, who is conformed to the image of God, the one who is Christlike, transfigured, renewed, deified." Therefore, without a doubt, it can be said that the faith of Orthodox Christians is in fact the faith of educated people.