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*1917-40 [[w:Persecution of Christians in the Soviet Union|Persecution of the Orthodox Church in Russia]] begins, with 130,000 priests arrested, 95,000 of whom were executed by firing squad.
*1917 Martyrdom of hieromartyr [[John Kochurov]]
*1918 Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia]] murdered together with his wife [[Alexandra Romanov|Alexandra]] and children; [[Elizabeth the New Martyr]], [[July 18]]; [[Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky) of Kiev and Gallich|St. Vladimir]]; [[January 25]]; [[Theophanes (Il'minskii) of Solikamsk|St. Theophanes]], [[Decembre December 11]];Saints of Ivangorod: Dimitry (Chistoserdov) and Alexander (Volkov) [[December 26]]; Sergy (Florinsky) of Rakvere, [[December 17]]; *1919 Death of Saints of Tartu: Platon (Kulbush) bishop of Tallinn, Michael (Bleive) and Nicholas (Bezhanitsky) [[January 1]]
*1919-1922 [[w:Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)|Greco-Turkish War]]; [[w:Pontic Greek Genocide|Pontic Greek Genocide]] eliminates the Christian population of Trebizond.
*1920 Death of [[Nektarios of Aegina]]; Evmenios of Koudouma Monastery, [[July 10]]
*1922 Death of Metr. [[Bejamin (Kazansky) of Petrograd and Gdovsk]], [[July 31]].
*1923 Death of Agafangel (Preobrazhensky) of Yaroslavl,[[October 3]]
*1924 Death of [[Arsenios the Cappadocian]], [[November 10]]
*1925 Death of [[Tikhon of Moscow]]; St. [[Jonah of Manchuria]], Bishop of Hankou (1922-1925);
*1931 Death of Nicholas (Siimo) priest of Kronstadt, [[April 5]].
*1932 Death of [[Papa-Nicholas (Planas) of Athens]];
*1936-37 Many Russian Orthodox Clerics die in Joseph Stalin's [[w:Great Purge|Great Purge]].
*1937 Disappearance of Fr. [[Alexander Hotovitzky]], martyred; Karp (Elb), [[September 11]].
*1938 Death of [[Silouan the Athonite]];
*1941 Martyrdom of [[Gorazd (Pavlik) of Prague]] by Nazis; [[Platon of Banja Luka]], [[May 5]]; [[Petar (Zimonjić) of Dabar-Bosna]],
