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{{english}}Little is known about Holy [[Image:Vukasin of Klepci.jpg|right|thumb|230px|St. Vukašin of Klepci.]]Our father among the [[saint]]s, '''Vukašin of Klepci ''' (in serbianSerbian: Свети Вукашин из Клепаца), the Serb and was a Serbian Orthodox Christian from Herzegovina who was [Bosnia and Herzegovina [martyr]]ed by fascists during World War II for refusing to acknowledge the Ustashi leader. He is a state where three nations live: Bosniaks (Muslims), Serbs (Orthodox Christians) and Croatians (Roman Catholics) remembered on [[May 3]] under the [[New Calendar|new calendar]]. Nevertheless, what we know today  Little is known about the life of Saint Vukasin. What is known about him is from the essence of the following eventresulting in his martyrdom. He was born in the village of Klepci, in Herzegovina, at the end turn of the last or at the beginning of this nineteenth/twentieth century. At the beginning of World War II, members of the croatian national army called Ustashe (took Hitler`s side during WW2) Croatian fascist Ustašas arrested him and transported him, together with other Serbs of that region, into the notorious concentration camp of Jasenovac (estimated the number of victims goes at this camp have been estimated to be at least 700 ,000 and more). After horrible days full of torturingtorture, he Vukašin was brought in front of before an Ustashe`s soldier who was supposed to execute him, but who said he would spare his (VukasinVukašin's) life if Vukasin cried loudly: "Long live Ante Pavelic!". Ante Pavelic was the leader of Ustashe. Vukašin Vukasin who saw a knife in the hands of the soldier, replied calmly: "My child, you do what you must", and refused to obey the soldier`s request. The Ustashe soldier of Ustashe swayed brandished his knife, and cut off VukašinVukasin`s ear and . The soldier then repeated his request. Vukašin Vukasin repeated his answer. The soldier then cut off Vukašin's other ear, then followed by his nose, and then scarred VukašinVukasin`s face. The next body part Next his tongue was tonguecut. After repeating the request to Vukasin to utter the vicious words and hail the Head of Ustaše (Ante Pavelic), Vukasin once again calmly replied: "My child, you do what you must". Distracted , the soldier eventually killed him, and afterwards went mad. At the regular session of the [[Holy Synod|Holy Assembly of Bishops ]] of the [[Church of Serbia|Serbian Orthodox Church ]] in 1998, Vukašin , from the Klepci village , was entered into the List of Names of the Serbian Orthodox Church as the Martyra martyr. His feast day is May 16 ([[Julian Calendar]]). ==External Links==* Joachim Wertz. [http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/serbian_newmartyrs.aspx On the Serbian Orthodox New Martyrs of the Second World War: A Brief Historical Background]. ''Orthodox Life'', Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan.-Feb. 1983), pp. 15-22.* [[w:New_Martyr#Serbian_New_Martyrs|Serbian New Martyrs]] at Wikipedia.