NEW-MARTYR


The title of 'New Martyr' or 'Neomartyr' (Greek: 'νεο', ''neo'', the prefix for "new"; and 'μάÏτυς', ''martys'', "witness") of the Eastern Orthodox Church was originally given to martyrs who died under heretical rulers (the original martyrs being under pagans). Later the Church added to the list thoses martyred under Islam and various modern regimes, especially Communist ones, which espoused "militant atheism". Officially, the era of the New Martyrs begins with the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Among those commemorated are not only those who gave their lives in martyrdom, but also those who are accounted as confessors for the Orthodox Faith.

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New Martyrs under Ottoman rule
New Martyrs under communist rule
Serbian New Martyrs
New Martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion
Other New Martyrs
Sources
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New Martyrs under Ottoman rule


In the Orthodox Church, the third Sunday after Pentecost is known as the "Commemoration of All New Martyrs of the Turkish Yoke."


Ahmed the Deftedar

Constantine Hagarit

Demetrios the Neomartyr

Athanasios the Neomartyr

John the New of Suceava

John Calphas ("the Apprentice")

Akylina of Chalkidike

Anthimos the Georgian

Boris the Pomak

Chrestos the Albanian

Chrysostomos of Smyrna

Constantin Brâncoveanu

Cyril VI of Constantinople, ethnomartyr

Demetrios Doukas

Demetrios of Philadelphia

George of Ioannina

Gregory V of Constantinople, ethnomartyr

Hasan

John of Ioannina, a.k.a. John the Tailor

Cosmas of Aetolia

Makarios the Monk

Michael Mavroudis

Panteleimon Dousa

Paul the Russian

Philothei

Theodore of Komogovina

Thomas Paschidis

Zlata of Meglen

Gabriel I of Pec

George the New

Teodor of Vršac

Paisius and Habakkuk

Paul of Constantinople, April 6/19,1683

New Martyrs under communist rule


In the Russian Orthodox Church, the Sunday closest to January 26 (February 8 on the Gregorian Calendar) is the "Sunday of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia." The date of January 26 was chosen because that was the date of the martyrdom of St. Vladimir (Bogoiavlensikii), Metropolitan of Kiev, who is referred to as the "Protomartyr of the communist yoke in Russia."


Nicholas II of Russia with his immediate family and servants (see Romanov sainthood)

Elizabeth Feodorovna

Nun Barbara

Dr. Eugene Botkin (see Romanov sainthood)

John of Tsarskoye Selo

Patriarch Tikhon, 1925 (confessor)

Metropolitan Joseph, 1938

Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev

★ Metropolitan Benjamin of Petrograd

Bishop Basil of Kineshma, July 29/August 11, 1945.

Bishop Dimitry of Gdov

Bishop Arcadius, 1938

Bishop Maxim of Serpukhov June 23/July 6, 1931

Archpriest John Vostorgov

Fr. Nicholas Zagorovsky, 1943 (confessor)

Seraphim Chichagov

Archpriest Makary Kvitkin

Pavel Florensky

Veniamin Kazanskii

Nikodim of Solovki

Lydia

Maria of Gatchina, c. 1930

Serbian New Martyrs


The feast of "All New Martyrs of Serbia" is celebrated on June 15 (June 28 on the Gregorian calendar).


Great-Martyr Lazar, 1389

Gorazd Pavlik, 1942

Platon Jovanovic

Sava Trlajic

Petar Zimonjic

Vukasin of Klepci

Rafailo Momcilovic

Djordje Bogic

Joanikije (Lipovac) of Montenegro

New Martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion


June 11 (June 24 on the Gregorian Calendar) is celebrated as the feast of the "New Martyrs of China Slain During the Boxer Rebellion"


Ia the Teacher

Holy Martyrs of China

Other New Martyrs



Hieromartyr Maximus Sandovich, Ausust 24/September 6, 1914

Sources



★ Derived with permission from ''New Martyrs'' at OrthodoxWiki.

★ ''Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity'', 341-43

★ Vaporis, Rev. Nomikos Michael. ''Witnesses for Christ: Orthodox Christian Neomartyrs of the Ottoman Period 1437-1860''

External Links



Calendar of Orthodox Church England contains NeoMartyrs

Christian Greek orthodox Neomartyrs: A Case Study

Russian New Martyrs and Confessors

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