Milorad Adžić

Holy Martyr Milorad Adžić was born in 1934 in the Piva region of Montenegro and was only 9 when he died a martyr, in 1943. He was a younger brother of Holy Martyr Jaglika of Piva, burned in the same hut with their parents, Krsto and Stoja, and with his brothers Momčilo and Dušan. He is among the 46 martyrs of Plužine, killed on 24 May, old style (6 June, new style) 1943, at Gojkovića Dol: during the offensive of the SS divisions "Prinz Eugen" and "Handschar" in Piva, a group of several dozen defenceless people, mostly the elderly, women and children, was shut in a hut, which was set on fire. The Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church numbered them among the saints on 24 May 2017, with commemoration on 25 May, old style (7 June, new style).