New Martyr

The title of New Martyr or Neomartyr (νεο, neo, the prefix for "new"; and μάρτυς, martys, "witness") of the Eastern Orthodox Church was originally given to martyrs who died under heretical rulers (the original martyrs being under pagans). Later the Church added to the list those martyred under Islam and various modern regimes, especially Communist ones, which espoused militant atheism. Officially, the era of the New Martyrs begins with the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Among those commemorated are not only those who gave their lives in martyrdom, but also those who are accounted as confessors for the Orthodox Faith.

New Martyrs under Ottoman rule
In the Orthodox Church, the third Sunday after Pentecost is known as the "Commemoration of All New Martyrs of the Turkish Yoke."


 * Ahmed the Deftedar
 * Constantine Hagarit
 * Demetrios the Neomartyr
 * Athanasios the Neomartyr
 * John the New of Suceava
 * John Calphas ("the Apprentice")
 * Akylina of Chalkidike
 * Anthimos the Georgian
 * Boris the Pomak
 * Chrestos the Albanian
 * Chrysostomos of Smyrna
 * Theocharis of Nevşehir (Neapoli)
 * Constantin Brâncoveanu
 * Cyril VI of Constantinople, ethnomartyr
 * Demetrios Doukas
 * Demetrios of Philadelphia
 * George of Ioannina
 * Gregory V of Constantinople
 * Hasan
 * John of Ioannina, a.k.a. John the Tailor
 * Cosmas of Aetolia
 * Makarios the Monk
 * Michael Mavroudis
 * Panteleimon Dousa
 * Paul the Russian
 * Philothei
 * Theodore of Komogovina
 * Thomas Paschidis
 * Zlata of Meglen
 * Gabriel I of Pec
 * George the New
 * Teodor of Vršac
 * Paisius and Habakkuk
 * Paul of Constantinople, April 6/19, 1683

New Martyrs under Communist rule
In the Russian Orthodox Church, the Sunday closest to January 25 (February 7 on the Gregorian Calendar) is the "Sunday of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia." The date of January 25 was chosen because that was the date in 1918 of the martyrdom of St. Vladimir (Bogoiavlensikii), Metropolitan of Kiev, who is referred to as the "Protomartyr of the communist yoke in Russia."
 * Nicholas II of Russia with his immediate family and servants (see Romanov sainthood)
 * Elizabeth Feodorovna
 * Nun Barbara
 * Dr. Eugene Botkin (see Romanov sainthood)
 * Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia
 * Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia
 * John of Tsarskoye Selo
 * Mykola Leontovych
 * John Kochurov
 * Andronic Nikolsky
 * Catherine Schneider
 * Anastasia Hendrikova
 * Alexander Hotovitzky
 * Vladimir N. Beneshevich
 * Patriarch Tikhon, 1925 (confessor)
 * Bishop Hermogenes
 * Metropolitan Joseph, 1938
 * Metropolitan Benjamin of Petrograd
 * Metropolitan Vladimir First victim of the Soviet.
 * Sister Varvara Yakovleva
 * Bishop Basil of Kineshma, July 29/August 11, 1945.
 * Bishop Dimitry of Gdov
 * Bishop Arcadius, 1938
 * Bishop Maxim of Serpukhov June 23/July 6, 1931
 * Archpriest John Vostorgov
 * Fr. Nicholas Zagorovsky, 1943 (confessor)
 * Metropolitan Seraphim Chichagov of St. Petersburg
 * Archpriest Makary Kvitkin
 * Father Pavel Florensky
 * Father Peter of Krutitsy
 * Veniamin Kazanskii
 * Nikodim of Solovki
 * Lydia
 * Maria of Gatchina, c. 1930
 * Archbishop Nikolay Dobronravov,
 * Archbishop Dimitry Dobroserdov,
 * Bishop Arseny Jadanovsky, who was the last abbot of the Chudov Monastery which was also destroyed
 * Bishop Arkady Ostalsky,
 * Bishop Nikita Dilektorsky,
 * Archimandrite Kronid Lubimov

Serbian New Martyrs
The feast of "All New Martyrs of Serbia" is celebrated on June 15 (June 28 on the Gregorian calendar).
 * Great-Martyr Lazar, 1389
 * Gorazd Pavlik, 1942
 * Platon Jovanovic
 * Sava Trlajic
 * Petar Zimonjic
 * Vukasin of Klepci
 * Rafailo Momcilovic
 * Djordje Bogic
 * Joanikije (Lipovac) of Montenegro

New Martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion
June 11 (June 24 on the Gregorian Calendar) is celebrated as the feast of the "New Martyrs of China Slain During the Boxer Rebellion"
 * Ia the Teacher
 * Holy Martyrs of China

Of Ecumenism

 * Hieromartyr Maximus Sandovic, August 24/September 6, 1914