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LOL INTERNET[[Image:New Martyrs of Russia.jpg|right|thumb|230px|New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.]]The '''New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia''' were Orthodox Faithful who suffered during the Soviet period (1917 to 1991) for their faith. The [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia]] [[Glorification|glorified]] the [[New Martyrs]] and [[Confessor]]s of Russia in 1981. Immediately following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the [[Church of Russia|Russian Church]] under the leadership of [[Alexei II (Ridiger) of Moscow|Patriarch Alexei II]] began glorifying some of the New Martyr's, beginning with [[Elizabeth the New Martyr|the Grand Duchess Elizabeth]], [[Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky) of Kiev and Gallich|Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev]], and Metropolitan Benjamin of Petrograd in 1992.<ref>[[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia|Timothy Ware]], The Orthodox Church, New Edition, (London: Penguin Books, 1997), p. 164, see also [http://www.allsaintsofamerica.org/martyrs/nmruss.html New Martyrs, Confessors, and Passion-Bearers of Russia]</ref> In 2000, the All-Russian Council glorified Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]] and his family, as well as many other New [[Martyr]]s.<ref>Sophia Kishkovsky, [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/16/europe/16russ.php?page=2 Russian Orthodox Church is set to mend a bitter schism], International Herald Tribune, May 16, 2007; [http://www.stetson.edu/~psteeves/relnews/0008f.html#31 Second day of bishops' council: Nicholas' canonization approved], Communications Service, Department of External Church Relations, Moscow Patriarchate, 14 August 2000</ref> More names continue to be added to list of New Martyrs, after the Synodal Canonization Commission completes its investigation of each case.<ref>Maxim Massalitin,[http://www.pravoslavie.ru/enarticles/040106180408 The New Martyrs Unify Us: Interview with Archpriest Georgy Mitrofanov, participant of the All-Diaspora Pastoral Conference in Nyack (December 8-12, 2003)], Pravoslavie.ru, December 13, 2003</ref>The Russian Church celebrates the feast of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia on the Sunday nearest [[January 25]]th (o.s.) / February 7th (n.s.) -- the date Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev's martyrdom (the first Hieromartyr of the Bolshevik Yoke). '''Troparion:''' :Tone 4: O ye holy hierarchs, royal passion-bearers and pastors, /:monks and laymen, men, women and children, /:ye countless new-martyrs, confessors, /:blossoms of the spiritual meadow of Russia, /:who blossomed forth wondrously in time of grievous persecutions /:bearing good fruit for Christ in your endurance: /:Entreat Him, as the One that planted you, /:that He deliver His people from godless and evil men, /:and that the Church of Russia /:be made steadfast through your blood and suffering, //:unto the salvation of our souls. '''Kontakion:''' :Tone 2: O ye new passion-bearers of Russia, /:who have with your confession finished the course of this earth, /:receiving boldness through your sufferings: /:Beseech Christ Who strengthened you, /:that we also, whenever the hour of trial find us /:may receive the gift of courage from God. /:For ye are a witness to us who venerate your struggle, /:that neither tribulation, prison, nor death //:can separate us from the love of God. ==Notes==<div class="references-small"><references /></div> ==External Links==*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130808181556/http://www.allsaintsofamerica.org/martyrs/nmruss.html ''Archive of'' New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia (Icon and Explanation of the Icon)]*[http://www.orthodox.net/russiannm/index.html The Lives of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia][[Category:Martyrs]][[Category:Russian Saints]][[Category:Saints]] [[ro:Noii martiri şi mărturisitori ai Rusiei]]
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