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New martyr · 1942
Gorazd
Holy New Martyr Gorazd, Bishop of Slovakia and the Czech Lands (1942) (August 22 OC)
New Calendar September 17 Old Calendar September 30
Why they are a saint
He was born in 1879 in Moravia and given the name Matthew Pavlik. He became a Roman Catholic priest, active in a movement for reform within the Roman Catholic Church. When Czechoslovakia became an independent state in 1919, about 800,000 Christians, including Fr Matthew, approached Bishop Dositheus of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Serbia, asking to be received into the Orthodox faith.
Patronage / why chosen as patron
Orthodox Christians usually take Gorazd as a patron when they bear the name Gorazd at baptism, or were born or baptized near the feast on September 17. As a martyr, he is also asked for courage and faithfulness under trial.
Prayer
O holy Gorazd, pray to God for us.
A short general prayer to a saint, not a liturgical text. No public-domain troparion for this saint is included.