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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Hieromartyr

Dimitrije (Rajanović)

of Nišići

A Serbian hieromartyr of Nišići, killed in 1941 for his faith.

Feast
July 5old style July 18
Reposed
194120th century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Hieromartyr Dimitrije (Rajanović) of Nišići was born on 2 February 1909 at Nova Varoš. He finished primary school and the gymnasium at Prijepolje and the seminary at Prizren in 1931. He was ordained in 1932 and appointed parish priest at Sokolovići; at the beginning of 1939 he moved to the village of Nišići, near Sarajevo. He was killed in the neighbourhood of Ilijaš, in August 1941, with a group of Serbs. 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