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New Martyr

John Lyubimov

A new martyr of the Moscow eparchy who died for the faith in 1942.

Feast
January 6old style January 19
Reposed
194220th century
Place
Moscow Eparchy
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy New Martyr John Lyubimov was a servant of the Church in the eparchy of Moscow and died for the faith in 1942. He lived from 1876 until 19 January 1942.

The sources consulted give only the years of his life and the fact that the Synod of the Russian Church canonized him in 2006, among the new martyrs and confessors. No details survive of his ministry, arrest or death.

Commemorated the same day January 6