New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
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The New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia are Orthodox Christian saints who suffered persecution, imprisonment, and death for their faith under the Soviet regime, particularly in the 20th century.
Aliases (1)
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Orthodox Christian saints
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group of saints → |
| associatedWith |
Gulag system
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Soviet anti-religious campaigns → |
| canonizedBy |
Russian Orthodox Church
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Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia → |
| commemoratedBy |
Russian Orthodox Church
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Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia → |
| commemoratedOn |
Sunday nearest 25 January (Julian calendar)
→
Sunday nearest 7 February (Gregorian calendar equivalent) → |
| country |
Russia
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| definedAs |
Orthodox Christians who suffered for their faith under Soviet persecution
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| hasFeastType |
synaxis
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| hasNotableMember |
Empress Alexandra Feodorovna
NERFINISHED
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Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna → Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna NERFINISHED → Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna NERFINISHED → Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna NERFINISHED → Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna NERFINISHED → Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky) → Hieromartyr John Kochurov → Metropolitan Benjamin of Petrograd → Metropolitan Joseph of Petrograd → Metropolitan Seraphim (Chichagov) → Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev → New Hieromartyr Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky) → Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow → Tsar Nicholas II of Russia NERFINISHED → Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich → |
| hasPart |
confessors
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new martyrs → |
| includes |
bishops
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laypeople → monastics → priests → |
| languageOfName |
Church Slavonic
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Russian → |
| memorializedBy |
churches
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liturgical services → monuments → |
| persecutedBy |
Soviet regime
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| persecutedUnder |
Soviet Union
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| religion |
Eastern Orthodoxy
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| startTime |
20th century
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| suffered |
execution
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imprisonment → labor camps → martyrdom → persecution → torture → |
| theologicalSignificance |
witness to faith under atheistic persecution
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| timePeriod |
Bolshevik persecution
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Stalinist repressions → |
| veneratedIn |
Orthodox Church in America
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Russian Orthodox Church → Serbian Orthodox Church → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer
("Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia")
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associatedWith |
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Russian Orthodox Church
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venerates |