Confessor
Božidar (Jović)
of Bilješevo
A Serbian confessor of the faith associated with Bilješevo, who reposed in 1951.
- Feast
- July 5old style July 18
- Reposed
- 195120th century
- Order
- Confessors
Life
Holy Confessor Božidar (Jović) of Bilješevo was born in 1912 at Busovača. He finished the seminary in Sarajevo and was ordained deacon and priest in 1937. He died on 9 May 1951 in the prison at Zenica, where he was serving an eight-year sentence although he was innocent. He is among the new martyrs of Dabar-Bosnia and Mileševa, numbered among the saints by the Serbian Orthodox Church; their commemoration is on 5 July, old style (18 July, new style).
Commemorated the same day July 5
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- Feodor RemezNew Martyr · Secretary of Grand Duke SergeiJul 5
- Grand Duke Sergei MikhailovichNew Martyr · Grand Duke, martyr of AlapayevskJul 5
Prince Konstantin KonstantinovichNew Martyr · Prince, martyr of AlapayevskJul 5
Prince Vladimir PaleyNew Martyr · Prince and poet, martyr of AlapayevskJul 5- Agatho and TriphinaHoly MartyrsJul 5
- Andrija (Šiljak)Hieromartyr · of PljevljaJul 5