New Martyrs, Confessors, and Passion-Bearers of Russia

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The icon above is a map, or key, to this section on the New Martyrs of Russia. The original, size 3' by 4', was painted in 1981 by the iconographer N.A.Papkov for the Holy Epiphany Church in Boston, Massachusetts. It is distinguished by its side illustrations (often found on ancient icons), showing the persecution, torture and death of the Orthodox Christians in the Russian land seized by the Communists. Surrounded by these illustrations is the center image of the holy New Martyrs.

Before the copy of this icon on October 19 (November 1), 1981 in New York City, the New Martyrs, Confessors and Passion-Bearers of Russia were glorified (canonized) by the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad. This event was a death knell for godless Communism in Russia: widespread veneration of the New Martyrs has begun in the long-suffering Russian land, and just 15 years later, in 1996, the process of glorification of the Royal Martyrs and Passion-bearers has been started by the Moscow Patriarchate. Much more on the Russian Royal Family and Imperial Russia is available elsewhere on the Internet.

To "zoom in" on the icon and illustrations and read the explanations (after an article by Fr. Roman Lukianov in the Orthodox America, Vol.II, No.4, 1981, Special Edition) please click on any part of the image. Dates of the events are given both according to the Church (Old Style) and civil (New Style) calendars, the latter in parentheses.

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New Martyrs, Confessors, and Passion-Bearers of Russia

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