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Lazar of Serbia

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Lazar fought against the Turkish powers on several occasions in order to protect his people. Finally, he fought and lost on the Field of Blackbirds [Kosovo Polje] on [[June 15]], 1389. against the Turkish Emperor Amurat, after which he was beheaded.
Lazar having been visited by an angel of God on the night before the battle, and offered a choice between an earthly or a Heavenly kingdom, which choice would result in a victory or defeat, respectively, at the coming Battle of Kosovo. Lazar, naturally, opts for the Heavenly kingdom, which will last "forever and ever" ("Perishable is earthly kingdom, but forever and ever is Kingdom of Heaven!" - Serbian: "Земаљско је за малена царство, а Небеско увијек и довијека!"), but has to perish on the battlefield. “We "We die with Christ, to live forever”forever", tells he to his soldiers. That Kosovo’s Kosovo's destination and that Testament, it is a union which Serb people made with God – and sealed it with martyrs’ martyrs' blood. On Kosovo Serbs voted with their souls for Kingdom of Heaven and that was and has been their right destination. Since then all Serbs truthful to that Testament are becoming people of God, part of God’s God's New Israel.
Soon after death Lazar was canonised.