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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

New Martyr

Danilo Luburić

One of the new martyrs of Piva in Montenegro, killed for the faith in 1943.

Feast
May 24old style June 6
Reposed
194320th century
Place
Piva, Montenegro
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy New Martyr Danilo Luburić was born in 1932 into the Luburić family of Plužine, in the Piva region of Montenegro. In June 1943 he was a child of about eleven, one of the thirteen Luburići who suffered in the hut at Gojkovića Dol.

Soldiers of the SS division "Handschar" shut the forty-⁠six people of the group in there and set the hut on fire. The only one of the family who escaped was Anđa Luburić: she slipped out with Vida, the younger sister of Saint Jaglika, and the two hid in the crown of a tree, from where they saw everything that took place. Later they were able to bear witness to what they had seen.

The Serbian Orthodox Church glorified the martyrs of Piva on 24 May 2017; they are commemorated on 24 May in the old style.

Commemorated the same day May 24