The 42 Martyrs of Momišići

The 42 Martyrs of Momišići were, according to the tradition kept in Montenegro, two priest-⁠teachers and forty of their pupils, killed by the Turks in 1688 for the Orthodox faith in the village of Momišići near Podgorica. They are honoured as holy martyrs of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Their relics are kept in the church at Momišići, dedicated to Saint George and the new martyrs of Momišići. The Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church decided to enter them in the diptychs of the saints, within the canonizations of recent years, and each year from 22 to 24 March the patronal feast is kept there, with the Divine Liturgy served by the Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral.

The sources at hand hold few details about their deeds, so their life remains in the memory of the place.