Hieromartyr
Marko (Popović)
of Kupres
A hieromartyr of Kupres who suffered for Christ in 1941.
Life
Holy Hieromartyr Marko (Popović) of Kupres was born in 1876 at Kupres. He finished the seminary and received the priesthood in 1901. In the First World War the Austrian authorities held him hostage for a long time. The Ustaše arrested him on 6 June 1941 at Kupres, and he was imprisoned a few days at Bugojno. He was slain in the forest of Yusuf Spahić on 24 June 1941. 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
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Prince Konstantin KonstantinovichNew Martyr · Prince, martyr of AlapayevskJul 5
Prince Vladimir PaleyNew Martyr · Prince and poet, martyr of AlapayevskJul 5- Agatho and TriphinaHoly MartyrsJul 5
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