Momčilo Grgurević

Momčilo Grgurević (Serbian Cyrillic: Момчило Гргуревић; 1906 - 1945) was a Serbian orthodox priest of the Metropolitanate of Dabar-Bosnia who was canonized as a martyr.[1][2]

Saint
Momčilo Grgurević
Момчило Гргуревић
Born1906
Died29 November 1945
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Feast29 november

Biography

Grgurević was born in 1906 in Foča (today in Republika Srpska).[1] He graduated from the Faculty of Theology in Sarajevo in 1928.[1]

In 1929, was ordained to the rank of deacon and soon to the rank of priest.[1] He served in Čelebići until his martyrdom on 29 November 1945.[1]

During the genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia in World War II, his liquidation was repeatedly planned and attempted.[1]

He was killed on the night of 29 November 1945. There are two different versions of how he was killed.[1][2] According to one version of the events, Grgurević was wounded by a trio of Ustaše who then slit his throat.[2] Another version posits that he was still alive when he was wounded and that his head was decapitated by a hacksaw.[2] His head was then taken as a trophy and thrown inside the municipal building in Čelebići.[1][2]

After 45 years, his son Vasilije transferred Momcilo's earthly remains and buried them next to the Church in Čelebići.[2]

References
  1. "ЖИТИЈА НОВОПРОСИЈАВШИХ ИСПОВЕДНИКА И МУЧЕНИКА МИТРОПОЛИЈЕ ДАБРОБОСАНСКЕ". Archived from the original on 3 February 2009.
  2. "Relics of Holy Martyr Momcilo Grgurevic Transferred". Vecernje Novosti. 14 July 2004.

Literature
  • Savo B. Jović, "Imprisoned Church", The Suffering of the Clergy of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1945 to 1985


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