Hieromartyr
Božidar (Minić)
A Serbian hieromartyr, killed for his faith in Christ in 1945.
Life
Holy Hieromartyr Božidar (Minić) was born in 1901 at Kolašin. He finished the seminary in Sarajevo and was ordained deacon in 1926 and priest in 1927. Partisans shot him in 1945. 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
Elizabeth FeodorovnaVenerable Martyr · Grand Duchess of RussiaJul 5
Athanasius the AthoniteVenerable · Founder of the Great LavraJul 5
Barbara YakovlevaVenerable Martyr · Nun of the Martha and Mary ConventJul 5
Stephen of NicaeaSaint · Bishop honored at Reggio CalabriaJul 5
Agapitos of OptinaConfessor · Monk of OptinaJul 5- Lampadus of IrenopolisVenerableJul 5
- 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