Jovan Sočica

Holy Hieromartyr Jovan Sočica, called Joko, was the protopresbyter of Piva in Montenegro. He was the priest who baptized the Holy Martyr Jaglika of Piva, and in this ministry he lived with his family among the faithful of the region.

In the days of 6 to 12 June 1943, when the SS division "Prinz Eugen" and the Muslim SS division "Handschar" killed nearly twelve hundred people in Piva, Father Jovan was burned alive. With him there suffered his wife Marica, his daughter-⁠in-⁠law Vukosava and four small grandchildren: Ratko, seven years old, Marija, six, Rado, four, and Joko, two. The source does not say where they were burned.

The Serbian Orthodox Church glorified the martyrs of Piva on 24 May 2017. Saint Jovan is commemorated on 24 May in the old style, which is 6 June in the new.