Vladimír Ort

Holy New Martyr Vladimír Ort was born on 23 December 1911 in Kyiv; his mother was Helena Mühlmanová, also venerated as a saint, and he was a nephew of Jan Sonnevend. He graduated from the military academy in Hranice and, after the Protectorate was set up, worked as an official, with the rank of former lieutenant. He lived in Prague, in the Vinohrady district.

He was among the supporters of the paratroopers who were preparing the attack on Heydrich: he gave them intelligence and helped them to find hiding places, and he obtained hair dye for those living in hiding. He was arrested by the Gestapo on 27 June 1942, held at Pankrác and Terezín, and taken from there to Mauthausen. There he was shot on 24 October 1942, on the same day as his mother.

The Synod of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia decided on 10 October 2019 to enter them among the saints, and the solemn glorification took place on 8 February 2020 at the Cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague, together with the other new martyrs of those years. They are remembered on 5 September.