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The title of '''''New Martyr''''' was originally given to [[martyr]]s under [[heresy|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==
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*[[Ahmet]]
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*[[Akylina of Chalkidike]]
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*[[Anthimos the Georgian]]
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*[[Boris the Pomak]]
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*[[Chrestos the Albanian]]
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*[[Chrysostom of Smyrna]]
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*[[Cyril VI of Constantinople]], ethnomartyr
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*[[Constantine the Turk]]
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*[[Demetrios Doukas]]
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*[[Demetrios of Philadelphia]]
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*[[George of Ioannina]]
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*[[Gregory V of Constantinople]], ethnomartyr
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*[[Hasan]]
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*[[John of Ioannina]], a.k.a. John the Tailor
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*[[Kosmas Aitolos]]
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*[[Michael Mavroudis]]
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*[[Panteleimon Dousa]]
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*[[Paul the Russian]]
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*[[Philothei]]
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*[[Theodore Sladich]]
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*[[Thomas Paschidis]]
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*[[Zlata of Moglena]]
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==New Martyrs under the Bolshevik yoke==
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*[[Elizabeth Feodorovna]]
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*[[Nicholas II of Russia]]
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*[[Seraphim Chichagov]]
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*[[Veniamin Kazanskii]]
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*[[Vladimir Bogoiavlensikii of Kiev]]
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==Serbian New Martyrs==
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*[[Gorazd Pavlik]]
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*[[Plato Jovanovic]]
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==New Martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion==
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*[[Ia the Teacher]]
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==Sources==
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*''Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity'', 341-43
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*Vaporis, Nomikos Michael.  ''Witnesses for Christ: Orthodox Christian Neomartyrs of the Ottoman Period 1437-1860''
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[[Category:Martyrs]]
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[[Category:Saints]]

Revision as of 21:39, January 3, 2006

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 under the Bolshevik yoke

Serbian New Martyrs

New Martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion


Sources

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