Jefimija
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Jefimija (, ; 1349–1405), secular name Jelena Mrnjavčević (, or ), was a Serbian noblewoman, wife of Jovan Uglješa Mrnjavčević, considered to be the first female Serbian poet.
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Jefimija was a Serbian poet, writer, and painter born in Drama in 1349. She was the daughter of Vojihna and the spouse of Jovan Uglješa. A follower of Eastern Orthodoxy, she held the position of abbess and is recognized for her work in poetry.
She died in 1405 and was buried at Ljubostinja. Jefimija spoke Serbian and held citizenship in the Serbian Empire and Moravian Serbia. Her notable work is titled *Monahinja Jefimija*.
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Key facts
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- Јелена НемањићJelena Nemanjić
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- Orthodox NunChristian poetry
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- Jefimija Jelena Mrnjavčevic Fresco.jpg
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- 250px
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- Fresco detail in Ljubostinja Monastery
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- Jefimija (Euphemia)
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- Jelena Mrnjavčević
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- Nun
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- Medieval Serbian
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- Writer.notableworks
- Royal doors curtain of Hilandar; covering of Prince Lazar'sPoem Her Lament for a Dead SonPoem Encomium of Prince Lazar Ark
- Writer.spouse
- Jovan Uglješa Mrnjavčević
- Writer.children
- Uglješa Mrnjavčević Despotović
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Moravian Serbia
- Place of birth
- Drama
- Spouse
- Jovan Uglješa
- Father
- Vojihna
- Position held
- abbess
- Languages spoken
- Serbian
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Image
- Jefimijina-zavesа.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1349-01-01
- date of death
- 1405-01-01
- place of burial
- Ljubostinja
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- Jefimija
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Encomium of Prince Lazar
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- Legacy
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Jefimija (, ; 1349–1405), secular name Jelena Mrnjavčević (, or ), was a Serbian noblewoman, wife of Jovan Uglješa Mrnjavčević, considered to be the first female Serbian poet.
==Biography== Her father was Caesar Vojihna, member of the collateral branch of Nemanjić dynasty. Jefimija's mother, Caesaraea Jelena, after the death of her husband became an Orthodox nun under the name Jevpraksija (Eupraxia) and in 1358 made a considerable donation to the Koutloumousiou monastery.
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