Hieromartyr
Relja (Spahić)
of Blažuj
A hieromartyr of Blažuj who gave his life for the faith in 1941.
Life
Holy Hieromartyr Relja (Spahić) of Blažuj was born in 1906 at Rogatica. He finished the seminary in Sarajevo and was ordained deacon and priest in 1927. He was parish priest at Rogatica, then at Blažuj. The Ustaše shot him on 10 August 1941, together with twenty-six parishioners, in a forest near Butmir. 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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- Feodor RemezNew Martyr · Secretary of Grand Duke SergeiJul 5
- Grand Duke Sergei MikhailovichNew Martyr · Grand Duke, martyr of AlapayevskJul 5
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
- Andrija (Šiljak)Hieromartyr · of PljevljaJul 5