Petar Zimonjić
September 17 · September 30 · 1866–1941
Petar Zimonjić (1866, Bosansko Grahovo — 1941, Jasenovac concentration camp) — Saint, Eastern Orthodox priest. Feast day: 17 September.
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Petar Zimonjić was a Serbian Orthodox metropolitan of Dabar and Bosnia who lived from 1866 to 1941. Born in Bosansko Grahovo to a priest and nobleman, he pursued theological studies in Cernovice before beginning his career as a professor at the Reljevo Seminary. Following his monastic vows in 1895, he rose through the ecclesiastical ranks, eventually being appointed to lead the diocese of Dabar and Bosnia in 1920. He is remembered for his refusal to abandon his flock during the Second World War.

