Saint Habakkuk the Deacon of Belgrade

A life of faith

Habakkuk was born as Lepoje in Knežpolje near Kozara. After his father died, his mother brought him to Moštanica Monastery, where he learned church reading and singing and became a monk and deacon. Displacement brought him to the monastery at Trnava near Čačak. Following the failed uprising of 1814, he was imprisoned in Belgrade with Abbot Paisius. His received life describes him singing and praying in prison and refusing demands to renounce Christianity. He was killed in Belgrade.

The Eastern Orthodox Church remembers saints in prayer and commemoration. Their lives offer examples for Christians learning to live their faith.

A reflection

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Read the Orthodox source

Serbian Orthodox Church Typikon 2023, calendar page 15

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