At the end of June 2021, a translation of the book of instructions of the holy fathers "Praying on the Lake", written in 1921-1922 by Saint Nicholas of Serbia (Velimirovich) was published. The translation of the book into Czech from the Serbian original was prepared by Vladyka Christopher, Honorary Archbishop of Prague and Metropolitan Archbishop of the Czech Lands and Slovakia. The book was published by the European Academy of Security and Conflictology with the support of the European Foundation of Slavic Literature and Culture.
Saint Nicholas of Serbia is one of the outstanding theologians of the 20th century. A talented orator, named at one time as a Serbian Zlatoust, Saint Nicholas wrote a number of extensive theological works and books on philosophical and historical topics. After studying at the Belgrade Seminary, Bern and Oxford University, in 1919 he was elected as a Bishop of Zichy, and two years later he was redeployed to the Ohrid diocese. For his anti-fascist position during the Second World War, he was arrested, and in 1944 he was placed in the Dachau death camp. After the atheist regime came to power in Yugoslavia, he remained in exile. He lived in England, then in America, where he continued his pastoral work. He died in the Orthodox monastery of St. Tikhon in Pennsylvania in 1956. In 1991 his remains were returned to his homeland, where in 2003 he was canonized by the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
"Praying on the Lake" is one of the most distinctive books of St. Nicholas of Serbia. This is a sincere and heartfelt conversation of the human soul with God, full of wisdom, humility, faith and hope.