War and the Bible

by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, translated by Fr Radomir Plavsic and edited by the clergy and monastics of the Serbian Diocese New Gracanica and Midwestern America.

Available for the first time in English, this modern Serbian American saint wrote this remarkable book in 1927, giving a Biblical explanation concerning the calamity of calamities – war.

This important and timely book about the Orthodox understanding of war explains in depth the history of war throughout history and poses key questions such as where is God in war, and why does He allow it to happen?  St. Nicholai also gives the reader his prophetic and remarkably accurate vision of World War II.   Written in a simple, moving, and clear manner, St. Nicholai puts to rest many anxieties about war and revolution in our day.

About the Author: St Nikolai Velimirovich, the Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Zhicha (1880–1956) was the most influential and the most productive figure in Serbian church life in the twentieth century. In 1946, after spending the war years in the Dachau concentration camp, he came to the United States. He died in 1956 and was canonized in 2003.