Hieromartyr
Savo (Škaljak)
of Sarajevo
A hieromartyr of Sarajevo who suffered for Christ in 1918.
Life
Holy Hieromartyr Savo (Škaljak) of Sarajevo was born in 1881 at Stupina. He finished the seminary and received the priesthood in 1907. In the First World War the Austrian authorities took him hostage. After many torments he died in 1918 in the psychiatric hospital in Sarajevo. 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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Barbara YakovlevaVenerable Martyr · Nun of the Martha and Mary ConventJul 5
Stephen of NicaeaSaint · Bishop honored at Reggio CalabriaJul 5
Agapitos of OptinaConfessor · Monk of OptinaJul 5- Lampadus of IrenopolisVenerableJul 5
- 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