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.


Statements (56)
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 Empress Alexandra Feodorovna NERFINISHED
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
new martyrs
includes bishops
laypeople
monastics
priests
languageOfName Church Slavonic
Russian
memorializedBy churches
liturgical services
monuments
persecutedBy Soviet regime
persecutedUnder Soviet Union
religion 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

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer ("Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia")
associatedWith
Russian Orthodox Church
venerates

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