been a secretary of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, before he went to Württemberg, where he converted to Protestantism. Dimitrije was willing to help print Cyrillic books, but after he was offered a high position at the Moldavian court, he went to Moldavia instead. Maleševac accepted the offer of Trubar's colleagues to go to the South Slavic Bible Institute in Urach. He was joined by another hieromonk, Matija Popović, who hailed from Serbia. The Protestants named the two monks as uskokische Priester ("Uskok priests" in German), referring with the term "Uskok" to refugees from the Ottoman Empire. Trubar and colleagues hoped that their Cyrillic books and the Uskok priests would help convert South Slavs in the Ottoman Empire and even Turks to Protestantism. Maleševac and Popović were introduced to Trubar in Ljubljana, from where they travelled together to Urach. They arrived there in September 1561, taking with them a large pack of the monks' books. At the Cyrillic printing press in Urach, Maleševac and Popović proof-read the New Testament, Luther's Small Catechism (), Loci Communes, and other books. As monks, they abstained from meat, so a diet consisting of fish was specially prepared for them. They stayed in Urach for five months, and in February 1562 they returned to Ljubljana. Before they departed, they once more solemnly affirmed that the prepared Cyrillic versions of the New Testament and other books were satisfactory. In his letter to Baron Hans von Ungnad, who was the main patron of the Protestant printing works in Urach, Trubar expressed his satisfaction with the services provided by Maleševac and Popović, though one of his Croatian translators complained about them. Ungnad gave a horse and 40 forints to each of them. There are no data about Maleševac after 1562. Despite the hopes of Trubar and his associates, their Cyrillic books had no impact on the Serbian people, while Protestantism gained only a small following in Slovenia and Croatia. A copy of the Cyrillic New Testament printed in Urach in 1563 is kept today in the library of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Buda in Sentandreja, Hungary. The activities of Maleševac and Popović in Germany are regarded as an early case of inter-religious cooperation in Bible publication. See also Mavro Orbini Primož Trubar Johann Weikhard von Valvasor Dimitrije Ljubavić Notes References 16th-century Serbian people 16th-century writers 16th-century Christian monks Serbian printers Serbian monks Serbian writers Serbs of Bosnia