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At the regular session of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, in 1998, Bishop Sava was canonized and entered into the List of the Names of the Serbian Church [[Saint]]s as [[hieromartyr]].
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Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Sava of Gornji Karlovac''' (Serbian: Свети свештеномученик Сава горњокарловачки) was born as Svetozar Trlajić(Светозар Трлајић), the son of Stefan and Jelisaveta (maiden name Karakašević), was born in Mol on [[July 19]], 1884. He completed primary school in his hometown, Grammar school in Novi Sad, and the [[seminary]] in Sremski Karlovci. Sava graduated from the Faculty of Law in Belgrade, and passed the qualifying examination for judges at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb.
== Life ==
Timisoara Bishop [[ordination|ordained]] him [[deacon]] on 19 and presbyter on 29 date of the same month. As [[parish]] [[priest]] he performed his duties in Peška and Bašaid. At the beginning of 1927, he was elected officer and later main secretary of the [[Holy Synod]] of Bishops. Being a widower, he took [[monasticism|monastic]] vows on [[October 27]], 1929 in the Krušedol Monastery. Soon afterwards he became protosyncellos and [[archimandrite]], and was appointed the head of the Krušedol Monastery. On [[September 30]], 1934, Sava was elected the [[auxiliary bishop|Auxiliary Bishop]] of Srem. Patriarch Varnava consecrated him, accompanied by Timok Bishop Emilijan, Niš Bishop Jovan, Zahumlje-Herzegovina Bishop Tihon and Zletovo-Strumica Bishop Simeon, in Sremski Karlovci. He was elected Bishop of Gornji Karlovac on [[June 22]], 1938. After the death of Pakrac Bishop Miron in 1941, he was named administrator of Pakrac Diocese.
== Canonization ==
At the regular session of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, in 1998, Bishop Sava was canonized and entered into the list of the names of the Serbian Church [[saint]]s as [[hieromartyr]].
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