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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Holy New Martyrs

New Martyrs of Garavice and Bihać-⁠Petrovac

Orthodox faithful killed in 1941 at Garavice near Bihać and in the Bihać-⁠Petrovac region.

Feast
July 14old style July 27
Reposed
194120th century
Place
Garavice, near Bihać
Order
Martyrs

Life

The New Martyrs of Garavice and Bihać-⁠Petrovac were about twelve thousand Serbs brutally murdered by the Ustaše in 1941 near Bihać, at one of the largest execution sites of the Second World War in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, meeting in Belgrade in May 2025, numbered them among the saints. Their commemoration is on 14 July, old style (27 July, new style).

Commemorated the same day July 14