Holy New Martyrs of Jasenovac | |
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 Fresco of the holy martyrs of Jasenovac in the crypt ofSt. Sava Cathedral in Belgrade | |
| New Martyrs Confessors of the Faith | |
| Died | Jasenovac Concentration Camp,Jasenovac,Independent State of Croatia |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church[1][2] |
| Majorshrine | Jasenovac Monastery |
| Feast | 31 August (Julian Calendar) 13 September (Revised Julian Calendar /Gregorian Calendar) |
| Attributes | Profession of faith Dove Martyr's palm Religious habit |
| Patronage | Nuns, Priests,Serbia,Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republika Srpska),Croatian Serbs,Persecuted Eastern Orthodox Christians |
TheHoly Martyrs of Jasenovac (Serbian:Свети Мученици Јасеновачки;Various dates - 1941–1945) areEastern Orthodox Christiansaints andmartyrs who were murdered by theCroatianfascist organisationUstaše in agenocide campaign against Serbs inJasenovac Concentration Camp in theIndependent State of Croatia. Their feast day is on 31 August (N.S. 13 September).
The Martyrs of Jasenovac were first memorialised in church calendars by theSerbian Orthodox Diocese in USA and Canada in 1980.
In the calendars printed by the then Diocese of America and Canada fromNew Gračanica nearChicago, the feast day of the Jasenovac Martyrs was also published.
Later, after the healing of that great church wound, grace byPatriarch Pavle,Metropolitan Irinej and other archbishops, theHoly Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church decided that their memory can be entered and celebrated in calendars printed by Serbian bishops abroad.
Since 2010, the feast day of the Holy New Martyrs of Jasenovac has been binding on the entire Serbian Orthodox Church.
On 16 April, 2010, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church decided to canonise the Holy New Martyrs of Jasenovac, with their feast day on 31 August on the Julian Calendar
The New Martyrs of Jasenovac are mainly venerated and liturgically celebrated in theJasenovac Monastery.[3]
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