Hieromartyr
Ilija (Rodić) of Trubar
Priest and poet
A priest and poet from Trubar near Drvar, killed for the faith in 1942.
Life
Holy Hieromartyr Ilija (Rodić) of Trubar was a parish priest at Trubar, near Drvar, a poet and a father of a family. A graduate of the Prizren seminary, he was president of the literary society "Rastko". He was killed without trial on 7 April 1942 by local partisan forces under the command of Milutin Morača, and thrown into one of the pits near Trubar. In 1957 he was rehabilitated by the military court in Zagreb.
At the proposal of Bishop Sergije of Bihać-Petrovac, the Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church in 2025 entered him in the Diptychs of the saints. The first festal service was held on 9 May 2026 in the church of Saint Sava at Drvar. His commemoration is on 26 April, old style (9 May, new style).
Commemorated the same day April 26
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