Saints Sava and Symeon Serbia, second half of the 16th century At right Saint Symeon, the founder of the Nemanjid dynasty and of the independent Serbian State, and at left his son Saint Sava, who established the autocephalous Serbian Church and was its first archbishop, are represented in their customary attire: Saint Symeon as Megaloschemos, a monk of the highest standing as indicated by his haabit, and Saint Sava in a bishop's polystaurion. The inscription on Saint Symeon's scroll is a paraphase of the thirteenth-century Serbian writer Domentijan Life of Saint Symeon.