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Hieromartyr

Trifun (Maksimović)

of Ilijaš

A Serbian hieromartyr of Ilijaš, killed in 1914.

Feast
July 5old style July 18
Reposed
191420th century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Hieromartyr Trifun (Maksimović) of Ilijaš was born in 1873 in the village of Zenik, near Sarajevo. He finished the seminary and was ordained deacon and priest in 1899. He was persecuted by the Austrian authorities and imprisoned at the beginning of the First World War. He was shot at Semizovac in September 1914. 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