Martyrs of Novoselo

The Martyrs of Novoselo are the nuns and priests killed by the Turks in the massacre of 9 May 1876 at the Novoselo Monastery of the "Holy Trinity", in the town of Aprilci, in Bulgaria. Their relics are today in the monastery church.

The names of the martyrs are: the priests Nikola Barbulov and Georgi Dalgodrenski; the nuns Susana Somleva, Sofia Pavkova, Elisaveta Zliyska, Euphrosyne Moftieva, Hristina, Kalista and Katerina; and the laywoman Susana Chorbadzhieva. Together with the victims of the Batak massacre, they were canonized as holy martyrs on 3 April 2011 by decision of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. On 30 May 2011, in Saint Petersburg, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, under the presidency of Patriarch Kirill, decided that the names of the hieromartyrs Nikola and Georgi, the martyr Susana and the other Novoselo martyrs be included in the calendar of the Russian Church, with their commemoration on 26 April (9 May).