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Lazar was born in Prilepac, which is near Novo Brdo, in 1329, the son of the imperial chancellor Pribac Hrebeljanović. He was educated at Emperor Dušan's court in Prizren. He was later granted the high title knez (Prince in Serbian) by Dusan's successor St. Emperor Stefan Uroš V. Despite his imperial title, Uroš was a weak and ineffectual leader, allowing local nobles to gain power and influence at the expense of the central authority. Lazar remained a loyal vassal to Stefan Uros V.
After death of the Emperor, Lazar became central figure in Serbia. He called, together with his son-in-law Đurađ Stracimirović, a [[Holy Synod |Synod]] that elected a new Patriarch, Saint Ephraem. Lazar sent a delegation to [[Constantinople]] with the [[monk]] Isaiah to implore the patriarch to heal the Serbian-Constantinople Schism from 1352. In 1375, full communion between Peć and Constantinople was restablished in St. Archangels [[Monastery]] on the grave of Emperor Dušan.
St. Lazar restored the monasteries of [[Chilandari Monastery (Athos)|Hilandar ]] on [[Mount Athos]] and Gornjak. He built Ravanica and Lazarica in Kruševac and was a benefactor of the Russian monastery St. Pantaleon on Mt. Athos as well as many other churches and monasteries.
==Marriage and Family==
