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==New Martyrs under the Ottoman yoke==
 
==New Martyrs under the Ottoman yoke==
*[[Ahmet]]
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*[[Ahmed the Deftedar]]
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*[[Constantine Hagarit]]
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*[[Demetrios the Neomartyr]]
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*[[Athanasios the Neomartyr]]
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*[[John the New of Suceava]]
 
*[[Akylina of Chalkidike]]
 
*[[Akylina of Chalkidike]]
 
*[[Anthimos the Georgian]]
 
*[[Anthimos the Georgian]]
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*[[Chrysostom of Smyrna]]
 
*[[Chrysostom of Smyrna]]
 
*[[Cyril VI of Constantinople]], ethnomartyr
 
*[[Cyril VI of Constantinople]], ethnomartyr
*[[Constantine the Turk]]
 
 
*[[Demetrios Doukas]]
 
*[[Demetrios Doukas]]
 
*[[Demetrios of Philadelphia]]
 
*[[Demetrios of Philadelphia]]
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==New Martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion==
 
==New Martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion==
 
*[[Ia the Teacher]]
 
*[[Ia the Teacher]]
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*[[Holy Martyrs of China]]
  
  

Revision as of 22:52, September 16, 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, Rev. Nomikos Michael. Witnesses for Christ: Orthodox Christian Neomartyrs of the Ottoman Period 1437-1860