Đorđe Bogić
George of Slavonia | |
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Photograph of Fr. Bogić c. 1940 | |
| New Hieromartyr | |
| Born | 6 February 1911 Pakrac, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 17 June 1941 (aged 30) Našice, Independent State of Croatia |
| Cause of death | Death by burning after prolonged torture, including having his ears, nose and tongue cut off and eyes gouged out |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | 22 May 1998, Belgrade by the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Feast | 17 June (O.S. 4 June) |
| Attributes | Vested as a protopresbyter |
Georgije Bogić (Cyrillic: Георгије Богић, a.k.a. Đorđe Bogić, Cyrillic: Ђорђе Богић and anglicized as George Bogic; 6 February 1911 – 17 June 1941) was a Serbian Orthodox protopresbyter and the parish priest of the Orthodox church in Našice; who was martyred by the Ustaše during the Second World War, for which he was canonized as Saint George of Slavonia (Serbian: Георгије Славонски, romanized: Georgije Slavonski), being recognised as a new martyr and hieromartyr.