New Martyrs
The title of New Martyr was originally given to martyrs under heretical rulers (the original martyrs being under pagans), then later to the Church's martyrs under Islam and various modern atheistic regimes, especially Communist.
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New Martyrs under the Ottoman yoke
- Ahmed the Deftedar
- Constantine Hagarit
- Demetrios the Neomartyr
- Athanasios the Neomartyr
- John the New of Suceava
- Akylina of Chalkidike
- Anthimos the Georgian
- Boris the Pomak
- Chrestos the Albanian
- Chrysostom of Smyrna
- 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
- Kosmas Aitolos
- Makarios the Monk
- Michael Mavroudis
- Panteleimon Dousa
- Paul the Russian
- Philothei
- Theodore of Komogovina
- Thomas Paschidis
- Zlata of Moglena
- Gabriel I of Pec
- George the New
- Teodor of Vršac
- Paisius and Avakum Venerable New Martyrs
New Martyrs under the Bolshevik yoke
- Elizabeth Feodorovna
- Nicholas II of Russia
- Seraphim Chichagov
- Veniamin Kazanskii
- Vladimir Bogoiavlensikii of Kiev
Serbian New Martyrs
- Gorazd Pavlik
- Platon Jovanovic
- Sava Trlajic
- Petar Zimonjic
- Vukasin of Klepci
- Rafailo Momcilovic
- Djordje Bogic
- Joanikije (Lipovac) of Montenegro
New Martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion
Sources
- Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity, 341-43
- Vaporis, Rev. Nomikos Michael. Witnesses for Christ: Orthodox Christian Neomartyrs of the Ottoman Period 1437-1860
