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Hieromartyr

Simo Banjac

A hieromartyr of the Serbian Orthodox Church who suffered in 1941.

Feast
July 5old style July 18
Reposed
194120th century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Hieromartyr Simo Banjac was a protopresbyter of the Serbian Orthodox Church, killed in 1941 for his faith in Christ. The source mentions him only by name and rank and preserves no details of his life or death. 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