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  Sava - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The shorter, 31 km long Sava Bohinjka originates in Komarče, at the altitude of 805 m, from underground sources whose water comes from the valley of Triglav, the highest peak of the Julian Alps, Slovenia and former Yugoslavia.
The Sava is navigable for 593 km, from its confluence with the Danube until the mouth of the Kupa at Sisak.
The Sava represents north-western boundary of the Balkan peninsula.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sava   (1355 words)

  
 Saint Sava - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sava's father took the monastic vows under the name Simeon and died in Hilandar on February 13, 1200.
Sava managed to persuade the patriarch of the Greek/Byzantine Orthodox Church to elevate St. Sava to the position of the first Serbian Archbishop, thereby establishing the Independence of Archbishopic of the Serbian Church in the year of 1219.
Saint Sava is considered the founder of the independent Serbian Orthodox Church and Serbian Orthodox Christians celebrate him as patron saint of education and medicine.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Sava   (586 words)

  
 Saint Sava   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sava, wonderworker and enlightener of the Serbs, was born in 1169, the son of the prince Stephen Nemanya.
At the fervent request of his brother Stephen, St. Sava returned to his homeland, taking with him the holy remains of his father which were laid, as he had requested, in the monastery of Studenitsa.
Coming to the Monastery of St. Sava the Blessed, he received the staff of that saint according to his instructions which had been passed down, that when so ever there should come from the West someone bearing the same name and the founder of a people, it should be given to him.
www.roca.org /OA/34/34e.htm   (847 words)

  
 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Kefar Sava
In World War I, Kefar Sava was on the front line between the British army and the Ottoman army, and was destroyed.
The subject of the geological investigation in the Kefar Sava area is the carbonates of the Bina Fm.
The purposes of this study were to estimate amplification of seismic ground motion in the Kefar Sava area, to develop microzonation maps using cost-effective methods, to evaluate site-dependent seismic hazard in terms of ground motion parameters used for engineering applications with the aim of providing a realistic picture of the consequences of a destructive earthquake.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kefar-Sava   (1482 words)

  
 Patron Saints Index: Saint Sava
Sava returned home in 1207 when a quarrel between his brothers, Stephen II and Vulkan, broke into civil war.
Sava brought monks with him, founded several monasteries, and began the reformation and education of his country, where religion and education had fallen to a low estate.
Metropolitan of a new Serbian hierarchy by Emperor Theodore II Laskaris at Nicaea, being reluctantly consecrated by Patriarch Manuel I in 1219.
www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saints02.htm   (179 words)

  
 St. Sava of Serbia
With their father now gone, Sava's brothers, Vukan and Stefan, were at strife over the throne, and as a result of their discord, the Serbian State, as well as the Orthodox faith, was gravely threatened with extinction.
Sava requested the appointment of a Serbian bishop, which would further strengthen the Orthodox Faith, whereupon the Greek Patriarch elevated St. Sava to the office of the first Serbian ARCHBISHOP.
Sava, celebrating the Divine service of Theophany, on a chilly day, caught cold, became ill and died on January 14, (27) in the year of 1235.
home.it.net.au /~jgrapsas/pages/sava.htm   (1051 words)

  
 Sava: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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Kranjska gora (population 5,500) is a town and a municipality in north-west slovenia, close to the austrian and italian borders....
Sevnica is a municipality in slovenia by the river of sava, in region called posavje....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/sava.htm   (1205 words)

  
 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Sava
The Sava is navigable to Sisak; its valley is an important transportation corridor.
The Sava basin is a fertile agricultural region.
Bounded by the Soca (Italian Isonzo) and Sava rivers (north), the Drina River (south), the Kolubara, Ibar, and Sitnica rivers (east), and the Adriatic Sea (west), the Alps rise to 8,274 ft (2,522 m) in Bobotov Kuk of Durmitor.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sava   (2847 words)

  
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Due to Sava's virtuous life and his representation of the Vatopedi brotherhood at the Imperial Court in Constantinople, and also because of Simeon's generous material support of the Monastery, the ruins of Hilandar, by Imperial decree, were given to the Serbs as an independent and self-governing property to be used as a monastery.
Sava did not leave without honor bestowed upon him, as he was elevated to the rank of Archimandrite in Thessalonica by four bishops of the nearby dioceses.
Sava was concerned not only with the spiritual welfare of the kingdom, but also with the material condition of the people, as he constantly advised his two older brothers, especially King Stephen, on how to better feed, clothe and administer the people.
www.sv-luka.org /articles/svsavazitijeen.htm   (6632 words)

  
 SAVA website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The results of the Sava Group in 2005 were influenced on the one side by successful operation of the Sava Group, and on the other side also by the effect due to a transition from Slovene Accounting Standards to International Financial Reporting Standards.
The management of the Sava Group acquainted Minister Janez Podobnik and his associates with achievements in decreasing undesired influences on the environment at Sava, as well as with development plans in the area of efficient use of energy and renewable energy sources.
During this procedure Sava participated in the public tender for a purchase of a 40 per cent stake, in which one of the bidders was Branko Terglav.
www.sava.si /eng/news/news_a/entry_tv.htm   (14618 words)

  
 SAVA website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Sava Group is successful at implementing the development strategy that is oriented towards the enhancement of profitability in selected operations along with a further expansion and growth of the Group and large investments in new development potentials.
In 2004 the Sava share was one of the most rapidly growing Slovene shares, its unit price at the end of the year rose to 43,966 tolars or 59 per cent in comparison with the end of last year.
In the ownership structure of Sava d.d., in comparison with the position on 31 December 2003, the stake of legal entities increased from 41 per cent to 50.2 per cent, whereas the stake of the state, through Kapitalska Družba and the Slovene Compensation Fund fell by 2.3 percentage points.
www.sava.si /eng/news/news_a/entry_paper.htm   (15033 words)

  
 Hieromartyr Sava   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bishop Sava (baptismal name Svetozar), the son of Stefan and Jelisaveta (maiden name Karakasevic), was born in Mol on July 19, 1884.
Sava graduated from the Faculty of Law in Belgrade, and passed the qualifying examination for judges at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb.
On September 30, 1934, Sava was elected the Auxiliary Bishop of Srem.
www.spc.org.yu /News/novomucenici/sava_e.html   (374 words)

  
 Sava - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Sava, river, southeastern Europe, an important affluent of the Danube River.
Knowing the customs of a country is, in effect, a guide to...
Croatia’s Sava River Valley contains three bird sanctuaries, two of which are part of the Lonjsko Polje Nature Park.
ca.encarta.msn.com /Sava.html   (97 words)

  
 Sava   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Sava river is both the central and the longest river in Slovenia.
Although both the Sava Dolinka and Sava Bohinjka rise from the foot of the Julian Alps, their sources could not be more different.
The source of the Sava Dolinka rises as a spring from the Zelenci upland marsh, which is itself set in the bed of a broad glaciated valley located in the far northwestern corner of the country.
expo98.literal.si /eng/zakladi/vode-slovenije/sava.html   (195 words)

  
 Saint Sava   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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.
In his youth (around 1192) he escaped from home to join the orthodox monastic colony on the Mount Athos (Holy Mountain on the Chalkidiki peninsula) and was given the name Sava.
Saint Sava is celebrated as the founder of the independent Serbian Orthodox Church and as patron saint of education and medicine among Serbs.
www.wikiverse.org /saint-sava   (377 words)

  
 Close-knit parishioners at McKeesport's St. Sava revel in Serbian roots
Renovations were done as part of the yearlong celebration of the 100th anniversary of St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church of McKeesport-Duquesne.
Sava, who died in 1236, is known as The Enlightener of the Serbian People, because he created the first independent Church of Serbia.
The Turks in 1596 burned the body of St. Sava and scattered the ashes hoping to break the spirit of the Serbian people, Rocknage said.
www.post-gazette.com /neigh%5Fsouth/20010523smonsava3.asp   (793 words)

  
 St. Sava
Sava was highborn, the third son of Stephen I, founder of the independent state of Serbia.
Sava, made abbot of Khilandari, was not only a diligent translator of spiritual books into Serbian; he was also an able disciplinarian of his monks, noted for what he could achieve by gentleness and leniency.
So St. Sava is venerated not only by the Serbian Orthodox but also by the Catholic diocese of the Greek Rite in Croatia, and by the local Latin Rite churches as well.
www.stthomasirondequoit.com /SaintsAlive/id674.htm   (591 words)

  
 Why join the SAVA
The SAVA is an identifiable, prfessional organisation with its own corporate image, which promotes the health and welfare of animals and mankind.
The SAVA serves as an umbrella body for veterinarians and acts as an advisory body to the South African Veterinary Council.
The SAVA is the official body from which press releases are issued and statements and policies are made.
www.sava.co.za /public/whyjoin.asp   (403 words)

  
 IDN Sava Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
SAVA SERIES, a unique integrated system, designed and manufactured by IDN, a leading Internet Service Provider in Accra, Ghana, implements a DSS 802.11b compliant broadband wireless solution, together with host of internet applications that drastically reduce deployment costs for a businesses internet infrastructure.
The SAVA SERIES is designed specifically with the goal of providing a "total connectivity solution in a single box".
SAVA SERIES is an 802.11b compliant system that is packaged in a compact 1U setop box, with a simple LED front panel display indicating system and link activities.
www.idngh.com /SAVA/sava-info.htm   (959 words)

  
 Stability Pact: Sava Basin Task Force
This Stability Pact initiative is a project aiming to establish and develop an internationally recognized partnership among the four countries of the Sava Basin based on the models set up for other international rivers: the International Sava Basin Commission.
By signing on November 28, 2001 in Sarajevo the attached Letter of Intent, the four riparian countries of the Sava Basin have committed themselves :
SAVA Statement of Intent - Brcko November 2001
www.stabilitypact.org /sava   (210 words)

  
 SAVA: Services for Home Inspectors
SAVA is the home of all independently-minded Home Inspectors.
SAVA will help you prepare for the introduction of mandatory Home Information Packs in June 2007.
The SAVA Business Exchange will help you start making money as a Home Inspector by providing you with a steady flow of work from reputable clients.
www.sava.org.uk   (108 words)

  
 St.Sava Serbian Orthodox Church Choir
Comprised of over fifty voices, the Mississauga based Saint Sava Serbian Church Choir is dedicated to preserving and perpetuating both the religious and secular choral music of the Serbian people.
The Saint Sava Serbian Church Choir is truly a harmony of voices and we pride ourselves in being an amateur choir with the heart and soul of a professional one.
The Saint Sava Choir is also one of the most active organizations belonging to All Serbian Saints Serbian Orthodox Church.
www.stsavachoir.com   (1135 words)

  
 Sava River Basin Initiative
The secretary shall be responsible for administrative and executive services for the Sava Commission, and implementation of the policies and activities, and shall report thereon to the Sava Commission.
He/she shall, for administrative purposes, be responsible to the Sava Commission and, on technical matters, shall be required to coordinate his/her activities with those of the relevant technical bodies established by the Sava Commission.
The position is subject to “Rules of Procedure of the Sava Commission”, “Staff Regulations of the Secretariat to the Sava Commission”, “Main Functions, Structure and Job Description” and other internal legal documents adopted by the Sava Commission.
www.rec.org /rec/programs/sava/job_sec.html   (382 words)

  
 Sava Krstic's home page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sava Krstic and John Matthews: Semantics of the reFLect language,
Sava Krstic, Sylvain Conchon: Canonization for Disjoint Union of Theories,
Sava Krstic, Byron Cook, John Launchbury, and John Matthews: Top-level Refinement in Processor Verification, Unpublished 1999.
www.cse.ogi.edu /~krstic   (160 words)

  
 About St. Sava   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Nemanja followed his son's example and himself went to the Holy Mountain, where he lived and ended his days as the monk Simeon.
Sava obtained the independence of the Serbian Church from the Emperor and the Patriarch, and became its first archbishop.
He, together with his father, built the monastery of Hilandar and after that many other monasteries, churches and schools throughout the land of Serbia.
www.stsavanyc.org /english/e11/stsava.html   (259 words)

  
 Saint Sava's Cathedral, Saborna Crkva Svetoga Save
Sava Celebration in New York Parish - January 29, 2006
Sava, the patron saint of Serbia, of children and schools, but also of the Serbian Cathedral in Manhattan was festively celebrated on Sunday, January 29, 2006.
Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Sava in New York is the largest Serbian church in diaspora.
www.stsavanyc.org   (188 words)

  
 Kolesarski klub SAVA - Dobrodošli
»Sava, družba za upravljanje in financiranje, d.d., se kot aktivna partnerica vključuje v razvoj širšega družbenega okolja na mnogih področjih.
Kolesarski klub Sava je odlično organiziran kolektiv, ki ga vodijo izkušeni strokovnjaki, delovne pogoje za vzgojo številnih mladih kolesarjev in za doseganje vrhunskih uspehov pa jim s pokroviteljevim vložkom in organizacijsko pomočjo vsa leta omogoča predvsem delniška družba Sava.«
Sava je kljub preoblikovanju podjetja ostala zvesta in sodelovanje z njim v vseh pogledih še poglobila.
www.kklub-sava.si   (544 words)

  
 Fishing and Fly-fishing on Best Slovenian Rivers. The Flyfishing Resource Guide!
Sava Bohinjka and Bohinj Lake in Julian Alps
Bohinj and its 45 km of crystal-clear water is a true haven for fishermen and exceptionally rich in Brown Trout, Grayling, Lake Trout, and Brook Trout.
Bohinj Lake and Sava Bohinjka (from Bohinj Lake to Dam in Soteska)
www.impel-bohinj.si /flyfishing_slovenia.htm   (475 words)

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