New Martyr Vukasin of Klepci, killed at Jasenovac for refusing to curse Christ.
Vukasin was a Serbian peasant from the village of Klepci in Herzegovina who was taken to the Jasenovac camp during the Second World War. Tradition relates that his executioner offered to spare him if he would praise the regime, and that Vukasin answered, Do your work, child.
He was killed in 1943 and was glorified by the Serbian Church in 1998.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Vukasin of Klepci is commemorated on May 16. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on May 29 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Also commemorated on May 16
Alexander of Jerusalem
Hierarch, Αλέξανδρος Ιεροσολύμων
Hieromartyr Alexander, Bishop of Jerusalem, disciple of Clement of Alexandria and friend of Origen.
Nicholas Mystikos
Hierarch, Νικόλαος ο Μυστικός
Saint Nicholas the Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople, who upheld the canons against the emperor.
Monastic Martyrs of Saint Sabbas Lavra
Martyr, Αββάδες της Μονής Αγίου Σάββα
Holy Monastic Martyrs of the Lavra of Saint Sabbas, slain by Arab raiders.
Makarios Notaras of Corinth
Hierarch, Μακάριος Νοταράς
Saint Makarios Notaras, Archbishop of Corinth, father of the Kollyvades and compiler of the Philokalia.
Theodore of Vrsac
Hierarch, Θεόδωρος Βρσακ
Hieromartyr Theodore, Bishop of Vrsac, flayed alive by the Turks.
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