Gorazd Pavlík
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Gorazd of Prague, given name Matěj Pavlík (26 May 1879 – 4 September 1942), was the hierarch of the revived Orthodox Church in Czechoslovakia after World War I. During World War II, having provided refuge for the assassins of SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich, called The Hangman of Prague, in the cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague, Gorazd took full responsibility for protecting the patriots after the Schutzstaffel found them in the crypt of the cathedral, hoping to minimize Nazi reprisals on his congregation. This act guaranteed his execution, thus his martyrdom, during the reprisals that followed. His feast day is celebrated on 22 August (OC) or 4 September (NC).
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Saint Gorazd of Prague | |
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New Martyr, Bishop of Prague, Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and Slovakia | |
Born | (1879-05-26)26 May 1879 Hrubá Vrbka, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (today Czech Republic) |
Died | 4 September 1942(1942-09-04) (aged 63) Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (today Czech Republic) |
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Canonized | 4 May 1961 by the Serbian Orthodox Church (as a New Martyr) 24 August 1987, Olomouc, by the Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church |
Feast | 22 August (OC) or 4 September (NC) |
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