Milica Rakić

Milica Rakić
Милица Ракић
Photo of Milica Rakić
Born(1996-01-09)9 January 1996
Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Died17 April 1999(1999-04-17) (aged 3)
Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
CitizenshipYugoslav
Known forbeing a child killed during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia
Saint

Milica

of Belgrade
Fresco in Vavedenje Monastery, Senjak, Belgrade
New Child Martyr
Born9 January 1996
Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now modern-day Serbia)
Residence8 Dimitrije Lazarov Raša Street, Batajnica, Belgrade
Died17 April 1999
8 Dimitrije Lazarov Raša Street, Batajnica, Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Cause of deathShrapnel intake from a cluster munition
Honored inFolk Orthodoxy
Major shrineBatajnica cemetery, Belgrade, Serbia
Feast17 April [O.S. 4 April]
AttributesMartyr's cross, wreath, red dress

Milica Rakić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милица Ракић; 9 January 1996 – 17 April 1999) was a three-year-old Serbian girl who was killed by a cluster munition during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

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