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*[[Boris the Pomak]]
 
*[[Boris the Pomak]]
 
*[[Chrestos the Albanian]]
 
*[[Chrestos the Albanian]]
*[[Chrysostom of Smyrna]]
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*[[Chrysostomos (Kalafatis) of Smyrna|Chrysostom of Smyrna]]
 
*[[Cyril VI of Constantinople]], ethnomartyr
 
*[[Cyril VI of Constantinople]], ethnomartyr
 
*[[Demetrios Doukas]]
 
*[[Demetrios Doukas]]
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*[[Habeeb Kheshy]]
 
*[[Habeeb Kheshy]]
 
*[[Hasan]]
 
*[[Hasan]]
*[[John of Ioannina]], a.k.a. John the Tailor
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*[[John the New of Ioannina]], a.k.a. John the Tailor
 
*[[Kosmas Aitolos]]
 
*[[Kosmas Aitolos]]
 
*[[Makarios the Monk]]
 
*[[Makarios the Monk]]
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==[[New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia]]==
 
==[[New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia]]==
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*[[Benjamin (Kazansky) of Petrograd and Gdovsk|Benjamin (Kazansky)]]
 
*[[Elizabeth Feodorovna]]
 
*[[Elizabeth Feodorovna]]
 
*[[John Kochurov]]
 
*[[John Kochurov]]
 
*[[John (Pommers) of Riga]]
 
*[[John (Pommers) of Riga]]
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*[[New Martyrs of Butovo]]
 
*[[Nicholas II of Russia]]
 
*[[Nicholas II of Russia]]
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*[[Peter (Skipetrov) of Petrograd]]
 
*[[Seraphim (Chichagov) of Leningrad and Gdovsk|Seraphim (Chichagov)]]
 
*[[Seraphim (Chichagov) of Leningrad and Gdovsk|Seraphim (Chichagov)]]
*[[Benjamin (Kazansky) of Petrograd and Gdovsk|Benjamin (Kazansky)]]
 
 
*[[Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky) of Kiev and Gallich]]
 
*[[Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky) of Kiev and Gallich]]
*[[New Martyrs of Butovo]]
 
  
 
==Serbian New Martyrs==
 
==Serbian New Martyrs==
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==New Martyrs of the Modern Era==
 
==New Martyrs of the Modern Era==
* [[Alexander Men]]
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* [[Philoumenos (Hasapis) of Jacob's Well]] (†1979)
* [[Daniil Sysoyev]]
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* [[Paul (de Ballester-Convallier) of Nazianzus]] (†1984)
* [[Jose Muñoz-Cortes]]
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* [[Alexander Men]] (†1990)
* [[Paul (de Ballester-Convallier) of Nazianzus]]
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* [[Nestor (Savchuk)]] (†1993)
* [[Philoumenos (Hasapis) of Jacob's Well]]
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* [[New Martyrs of Optina Pustyn]] (†1993)
* [[Nestor (Savchuk)]]
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* [[Jose Muñoz-Cortes]] (†1997)
* [[New Martyrs of Optina Pustyn]]
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* [[Daniel Sysoev]] (†2009)
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==

Latest revision as of 16:50, September 26, 2014

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.

New Martyrs under the Ottoman yoke

New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia

Serbian New Martyrs

New Martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion

New Martyrs of the Modern Era

Sources

  • Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity, 341-43
  • Vaporis, Rev. Nomikos Michael. Witnesses for Christ: Orthodox Christian Neomartyrs of the Ottoman Period 1437-1860