Holy Venerable Martyrs
Venerable Martyrs of Žitomislić
The monks of Žitomislić Monastery, killed for the faith in 1941 and honored together.
Life
The Venerable Martyrs of Žitomislić are eight monks of the Žitomislić Monastery in Herzegovina, among them the hieromonks Dositej (Vukićević), Konstantin (Vučurović) and Makarije (Pejak), thrown by the Ustaše into a pit during the Second World War, in 1941. The Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church numbered them among the saints together with the martyrs of Dabar-Bosnia and Mileševa, and in 2022 fixed their commemoration on 13 June, old style (26 June, new style).
Commemorated the same day June 13
Aquilina of ByblosMartyr · Child martyr of ByblosJun 13
Triphyllius of LedraSaint · Bishop of Ledra in CyprusJun 13
Alexandra MelgunovaVenerable · Founder of the Diveevo communityJun 13
Andronicus of MoscowVenerable · First abbot of Andronikov MonasteryJun 13- Sava of MoscowVenerable · Abbot of Andronikov MonasteryJun 13
- Antipater of BostraSaint · Metropolitan of BostraJun 13
- Alexis ArkhangelskyHieromartyr · PriestJun 13
- Andronicus of RadonezhVenerableJun 13
- Anna of BithyniaVenerableJun 13
- AventinMartyrJun 13
- Branko BilanovićNew Martyr · Martyr of Žitomislić MonasteryJun 13
- Cairell of Tir RoisSaintJun 13