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New Martyr

Stoja Adžić

A new martyr of Piva in Montenegro, killed for the faith in 1943.

Feast
May 24old style June 6
Reposed
194320th century
Place
Piva, Montenegro
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy New Martyr Stoja Adžić was born in 1900 at Mitrići and was the wife of Krsto Adžić of Plužine, in the Piva region of Montenegro, and the mother of eight children, among them the Holy Martyr Jaglika. The family lived in a patriarchal household, in common with that of Krsto's brother Jaš.

In June 1943 she was shut with her husband and children into the hut of Obren Gojković at Gojkovića Dol, which was burned by soldiers of the SS division "Handschar". Afterwards the people of Piva found in the ashes a larger skeleton bent over a smaller one and understood that Stoja had covered the youngest of her sons, Dušan, with her body.

The Serbian Orthodox Church glorified the martyrs of Piva on 24 May 2017; they are commemorated on 24 May in the old style.

Commemorated the same day May 24