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.
Contents
New Martyrs under the Ottoman yoke
- Ahmed the Deftedar
- Constantine Hagarit
- Demetrios the Neomartyr
- Athanasios the Neomartyr
- Athanasius of Thessalonica, the new-Martyr
- 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
- Habeeb Kheshy
- Hasan
- John the New of Ioannina, a.k.a. John the Tailor
- Kosmas Aitolos
- Makarios the Monk
- Michael Mavroudis
- Nicholas Kheshy
- Panteleimon Dousa
- Paul the Russian
- Philothei
- Theodore of Komogovina
- Thomas Paschidis
- Zlata of Meglen
- Gabriel I of Pec
- George the New
- Teodor of Vršac
- Paisius and Habakkuk
New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
- Benjamin (Kazansky)
- Elizabeth Feodorovna
- John Kochurov
- John (Pommers) of Riga
- New Martyrs of Butovo
- Nicholas II of Russia
- Peter (Skipetrov) of Petrograd
- Seraphim (Chichagov)
- Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky) of Kiev and Gallich
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
New Martyrs of the Modern Era
- Philoumenos (Hasapis) of Jacob's Well (†1979)
- Paul (de Ballester-Convallier) of Nazianzus (†1984)
- Alexander Men (†1990)
- Nestor (Savchuk) (†1993)
- New Martyrs of Optina Pustyn (†1993)
- Jose Muñoz-Cortes (†1997)
- Daniel Sysoev (†2009)
Sources
- Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity, 341-43
- Vaporis, Rev. Nomikos Michael. Witnesses for Christ: Orthodox Christian Neomartyrs of the Ottoman Period 1437-1860