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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Orthodox Christian saints
group of saints
associatedWith Gulag system
Soviet anti-religious campaigns
canonizedBy Russian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
commemoratedBy Russian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
commemoratedOn Sunday nearest 25 January (Julian calendar)
Sunday nearest 7 February (Gregorian calendar equivalent)
country Russia
definedAs Orthodox Christians who suffered for their faith under Soviet persecution
hasFeastType synaxis
hasNotableMember Alexandra Feodorovna of Hesse
surface form: Empress Alexandra Feodorovna

Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
surface form: Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna

Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia
surface form: Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna

Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
surface form: Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna

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
Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia
surface form: Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich
hasPart confessors
new martyrs
includes bishops
laypeople
monastics
priests
languageOfName Church Slavonic
Russian
memorializedBy churches
liturgical services
monuments
persecutedBy Soviet regime
persecutedUnder Soviet Union
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
startTime 20th century
suffered execution
imprisonment
labor camps
martyrdom
persecution
torture
theologicalSignificance witness to faith under atheistic persecution
timePeriod Bolshevik persecution
Stalinist repressions
veneratedIn Orthodox Church in America
Russian Orthodox Church
Serbian Orthodox Church

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Russian Orthodox Church venerates New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer associatedWith New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
this entity surface form: Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia
Hieromartyr John Kochurov liturgicalCategory New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky) associatedWith New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
New Hieromartyr Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky) includedIn New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
this entity surface form: synaxis of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia