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
- Ahmet
- Akylina of Chalkidike
- Anthimos the Georgian
- Boris the Pomak
- Chrestos the Albanian
- Chrysostom of Smyrna
- Cyril VI of Constantinople, ethnomartyr
- Constantine the Turk
- Demetrios Doukas
- Demetrios of Philadelphia
- George of Ioannina
- Gregory V of Constantinople, ethnomartyr
- Hasan
- John of Ioannina, a.k.a. John the Tailor
- Kosmas Aitolos
- Makarios the Monk
- Michael Mavroudis
- Panteleimon Dousa
- Paul the Russian
- Philothei
- Theodore Sladich
- Thomas Paschidis
- Zlata of Moglena
New Martyrs under the Bolshevik yoke
- Elizabeth Feodorovna
- Nicholas II of Russia
- Seraphim Chichagov
- Veniamin Kazanskii
- Vladimir Bogoiavlensikii of Kiev
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