Bishop Gorazd of Prague, given name Matěj
Pavlík (May 26, 1879 – September 4, 1942), was the hierarch of the revived
Orthodox Church in Moravia, the Church of 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. This act guaranteed his execution, thus his
martyrdom, during the reprisals that followed. His feast day is celebrated on
August 22 (OC) or September 4 (NC).
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Bishop Gorazd of Prague
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| Icon. Hieromartyr Gorazd Bohemian, Transcarpathia, Mukachevo, 2012 |
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