Svetozar Vlaškalić

The holy hieromartyr Svetozar Vlaškalić († 1942) was parish priest of the village of Mošorin, in Bačka, killed on Christmas Eve of 1942, at the start of the massacre in southern Bačka. He was glorified locally in the Bačka diocese: canonized by the Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church in May 2022, among the holy martyrs of Bačka, and the rite of glorification was held on 2 October 2022 at Novi Sad.

He served at the church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit at Mošorin. Those who knew him speak of him as the father, confessor and guide of the flock. On Christmas Eve (24 December / 6 January), at the start of the massacre by the Hungarian occupiers, he was led away in chains, beaten cruelly, stripped by robbers and killed. His relics are in the church at Mošorin, where on Christmas Eve 2022 they were brought out of the altar and placed before the throne of the Mother of God, in the presence of Bishop Damaskin of Mohács. The preacher said that the priest "did not leave us, but suffered first and before all."