Confessor
Kirilo (Cvjetković)
Protosyncellus
A protosyncellus and confessor of Orthodoxy in Dalmatia and Boka, who reposed in 1857 at Bezdin Monastery.
- Feast
- September 29old style October 12
- Reposed
- 185719th century
- Place
- Bezdin Monastery; Dalmatia and Boka
- Order
- Confessors
Life
Holy Confessor Kirilo (Cvjetković) was a protosyncellus and confessor of Orthodoxy in Dalmatia and Boka. He was born in 1791 and reposed in 1857 at the Bezdin Monastery. He steadfastly defended Orthodoxy against Uniatism in Dalmatia and suffered twenty-five years of imprisonment and exile for his faith.
The Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, meeting in Belgrade in May 2025, numbered him among the saints, under the name of Protosyncellus Kiril, confessor of Bezdin and of Dalmatia-Boka. His commemoration is on 29 September, old style (12 October, new style).
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