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==Twentieth century (1901-2000)==
*1900 [[Martyrs of China|Martyrdom of Orthodox Christians]] in Chinese Boxer Rebellion (Yihetuan Movement). *1903 Death of Venerable Cornelius, monk of Krypets Monastery, [[January 10]]
*1905 Parthenios Koudouma Monastery, [[July 10]]; [[Apostolos Makrakis]].
*1907 [[Ilia the Righteous]], [[July 20]]
*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]], [[December 11]]; Saints of Ivangorod: Dimitry (Chistoserdov) and Alexander (Volkov) [[December 26]]; Sergy (Florinsky) of Rakvere, [[December 17]]; Michael the priest, [[January 3]]; John Piankov and Nicholas Yakhontov priests, [[January 5]]; Alexander and Demetrius priests, [[January 8]]; Nikodim, bishop of Belgorod and Arcadius deacon, [[January 10]]*1919 Death of Saints of Tartu: Platon (Kulbush) bishop of Tallinn, Michael (Bleive) and Nicholas (Bezhanitsky) [[January 1]]; Tikhon, archbishop of Voronezh and with him 160 martyred priests, [[January 9]]'
*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 [[Nektarios of Aegina]]; Evmenios of Koudouma Monastery, [[July 10]]; Martyr Alexander the priest, [[January 10]]
*1922 Metr. [[Bejamin (Kazansky) of Petrograd and Gdovsk]], [[July 31]].
*1923 Agafangel (Preobrazhensky) of Yaroslavl,[[October 3]]
*1924 [[Arsenios the Cappadocian]], [[November 10]]
*1925 [[Tikhon of Moscow]]; St. [[Jonah of Manchuria]], Bishop of Hankou (1922-1925);
*1928 Death of Hieromartyr Innocentius [[January 6]]
*1930 Michael the priest [[January 7]], Hieromartyrs Nicolas priests and Michael deacon [[January 8]]
*1931 [[Nicholas (Siimo) of Kronstadt|Nicholas]], priest of Kronstadt, [[April 5]].
*1932 [[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]]. ; Hieromartyr Sergius, [[January 3]]; Hieromartyrs Leonidas bishop of Mariysk, Andrew bishop of Ufa, Alexander priest, Anthisa, Makaria and Valentina[[January 8]]; Martyr Antonina, [[January 9]]; Hieromartyrs Theoctistus, Leonid priests, [[January 10]]*1938 Death of [[Silouan the Athonite]];Hieromartyrs Demetrius and Theodore priests [[January 4]]; Hieromartyr Nicetas bishop of Belevsk, [[January 3]]; Hieromartyrs Basil priest, Macarius and John, [[January 5]]; Venerable Isaac of Optina, Hieromartyrs Gregory priest and martyrs Augusta and Mary, Agrippina, [[January 8]]; Hieromartyr Aretha priest, [[January 10]]; Hieromartyr Theodosius priests, [[January 11]]*1940 Death of Hieromartyr Leontius deacon, [[January 3]]
*1941 Martyrdom of [[Gorazd (Pavlik) of Prague]] by Nazis; [[Platon of Banja Luka]], [[May 5]]; [[Petar (Zimonjić) of Dabar-Bosna]],
*1941-45 Croatian [[w:Ustaše|Ustasa]] terrorists kill 500,000 Orthodox Serbs, expel 250,000 and force 250,000 to convert to [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]].
*1942 [[Joanikije (Lipovac) of Montenegro]], [[July 20]]; Hieromartyr Sergius priest [[January 6]]
*1943-44 Hundreds of Orthodox priests of the [[Church of Ukraine|Ukrainian Orthodox Church]] eliminated, tortured and drowned by Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists - [[w:Ukrainian Insurgent Army|Ukrainian Rebel Army]], aided by [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Uniate]] Metr. Josyf Slipyj who was a spiritual leader of Nazi military units that were later condemned by the Nuremberg tribunal, and who was imprisoned by Soviet authorities for aiding the UPA.
*1945-90 Persecution of the [[Church of Albania|Orthodox Church in Albania]].
*1945 [[Arseny (Chagovtsov) of Winnipeg]], [[October 4]].; Virgin-martyr Mary, [[January 12]]
*1947 [[Alexis (Kabaliuk) of Carpathia|Alexei Kabalyiuk]].
*1948 [[Savvas the New of Kalymnos]].
*1949 [[Seraphim of Viritsa]], [[March 21]].
*1950 Death of Venerable Laurence of Chernigov, [[January 11]];
*1956 [[Nikolai Velimirovic]], [[March 18]].
*1957 John (Maisuradze) of Georgia, [[January 21]]
