Saint Martyrs of Jasenovac

Saint Martrys of Jasenovac
Fresco of the holy martyrs of Jasenovac in the crypt of St. Sava Cathedral in Belgrade
Saint Martys Professors of Orthodoxy faith
Died	Jasenovac Concentration Camp, Jasenovac, Independent State of Croatia
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church[1][2]
Major shrine	Jasenovac Monastery
Feast	August 31 (Julian calendar) September 13 (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

Saint Martyrs of Jasenovac (Serbian: Свети мученици јасеновачки; Various dates - 1941) are orthodox Christians saints and martyrs who were murdered by Croatian fascist Ustaše in a genocide campaign against Serbs in Jasenovac Concentration Camp at the time in Independent State of Croatia. In the calendar of the saints the martyrdom entered and which she celebrates at 31 August in Orthodox Church.

The memorial of the New Martyrs of Jasenovac appeared in the calendars in the 1980, during the Serbian Orthodox Diocese in USA and Canada.

In the calendars printed by the then Diocese of America and Canada from New Gracanica near Chicago, the holiday of the Jasenovac Martyrs was also published.

Later, after the healing of that great church wound, grace by Patriarch Pavle, Metropolitan Irinej and other archbishops, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church decides that their memory can be entered and celebrated in calendars printed by Serbian bishops abroad.

Since 2010, the holiday of the Holy New Martyrs of Jasenovac has been binding on the entire Serbian Orthodox Church.

On April 16, 2010, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church decided to celebrate the memory of the Holy New Martyrs of Jasenovac on August 31 according to Julian Calendar, and September 13 according to Gregorian Calendar.^[3]

The main celebration of the Holy Serbian New Martyrs of Jasenovac is liturgically celebrated in the Jasenovac Monastery.^[4]

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