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*1908 Death of [[John of Kronstadt]].       
 
*1908 Death of [[John of Kronstadt]].       
 
*1912 Death of [[Nicholas of Japan]].
 
*1912 Death of [[Nicholas of Japan]].
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*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.   
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*1918 Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia]] murdered together with his wife [[Alexandra Romanov|Alexandra]] and children. 
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*1919-1922 [[w:Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)|Greco-Turkish War]]; [[w:Pontic Greek Genocide|Pontic Greek Genocide]] eliminates the Christian population of Trebizond.
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*1920 Death of [[Nektarios of Aegina]].
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*1925 Death of [[Tikhon of Moscow]]. 
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*1936-37 Many Russian Orthodox Clerics die in Joseph Stalin's [[w:Great Purge|Great Purge]].   
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*1938 Death of [[Silouan the Athonite]].
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*1941 Martyrdom of [[Gorazd (Pavlik) of Prague]] by Nazis. 
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*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]]. 
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*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. 
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*1945-90 Persecution of the [[Church of Albania|Orthodox Church in Albania]]. 
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*1947 Death of [[Alexis (Kabaliuk) of Carpathia|Alexei Kabalyiuk]].
  
 
== See also==
 
== See also==

Revision as of 03:24, May 27, 2009

This article is marked as in progress by Ixthis888, who is actively developing it. It has yet to achieve a stable or complete form and is currently being worked on. Please carefully consider before making major edits to this article.
The purpose of this article will be to list the date of the REPOSE for every saint listed in OrthodoxWiki and the Eastern Orthodox calendar - in chronological order.

New Testament Era

Apostolic Era (33-100)

First Century (101-200)

Second Century (201-300)

  • 202 Martyrdom of Haralampus of Magnesia
  • 202-210 (5th) Persecution of Christians under Emperor Septimius Severus (193-211)
  • ca. 209 Martyrdom of Alban in Britain.
  • 225 Death of Tertullian
  • 235-238 (6th) Persecution of Christians under Emperor Maximinus Thrax; Martyrdom of Hippolytus of Rome
  • 249-251 (7th) Persecution of Christians under Emperor Decius.
  • 257-260 (8th) Persecution of Christians under Emperor Valerian (253-260).
  • 258 Martyrdom of Cyprian of Carthage.
  • 270 Death of Gregory the Wonderworker
  • 284 Martyrdom of Cosmas and Damian, Andrew Stratelates and 2,593 soldiers with him in Cilicia.

Third Century (301-400)

Fourth century (401-500)

Fifth centuy (501-600)

Sixth century (601-700)

Sevent century (701-800)

Eighth century (801-900)

Nineth century (901-1000)

Tenth century to Present (1001-Present)


See also