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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Holy Hieromartyrs

73 Hieromartyrs of Gornji Karlovac

A group of 73 clergy of the eparchy of Gornji Karlovac killed for the faith in 1941.

Feast
July 4old style July 17
Reposed
194120th century
Place
Gornji Karlovac
Order
Martyrs

Life

The 73 Hieromartyrs of Gornji Karlovac were clergy of the eparchy of Gornji Karlovac, killed for the faith in 1941, during the Independent State of Croatia.

The Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church numbered them among the saints in 2022 and ordered their commemoration to be held together with that of Holy Hieromartyr Sava of Gornji Karlovac, on 4 July, old style (17 July, new style). Bishop Sava Trlajić, their shepherd, was arrested on 17 June 1941 at Plaški, taken to the Gospić camp and killed in mid-⁠August on Mount Velebit; the Church glorified him in 1998.

Commemorated the same day July 4