Priest Roman Savchuk
The Lord appears in the thunderous brilliance of His glory, but He appears in order to hear the voice of a man, in order to answer him.
The faithful have passed down the stories of these two priests and they remain alive in the memory of Antioch because "their blood has attested that the Holy Spirit is in them and because though love they have transcended the barrier of the earthly body and become figures of light."
The Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church absolutely rejects any attempts to downplay the number of Serbian victims at the Jasenovac death camp in Croatia during WWII.
On April 27, 1941, a German patrol of six officers and soldiers broke into the metropolitan’s office. One of the Nazis asked the martyr, “Are you the metropolitan who called for war against Germany? You deserve to die.”
Looking at his tormentor peacefully, the blessed martyr said quietly but distinctly: “Do your job, child.”