Hieromartyr
Slobodan (Šiljak)
of Pljevlja
A hieromartyr of Pljevlja, killed for his faith in Christ in 1945.
Life
Holy Hieromartyr Slobodan (Šiljak) of Pljevlja was born in 1881 on the Ilino hill, near Pljevlja. After the seminary at Prizren he was ordained priest in 1903. Partisans shot him on 5 December 1945. 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