Holy New Martyrs
New Martyrs of Estonia
Orthodox clergy and laymen of Estonia, slain for the faith during the atheist persecution.
Life
The New Martyrs of Estonia are Orthodox clergy and laymen of Estonia who were killed for their faith during the atheist persecution between 1944 and 1955.
The calendar names among them the New Hieromartyr Peeter (Pähkel), bishop of Tartu and Pechory (1948), the hieromartyr Archimandrite Alypy (Ivlev) (1950), Protopresbyter Vladimir Irodionov (1945), the priests Ioann Vark (1952), Leonid Lavrov (1954) and Seraphim Ulyanov (1955), and the martyrs Alexander Gadalin, a church warden (1951), and Andrei Punsun (1955). They are glorified for veneration in the Orthodox Church.
Their commemoration falls on 20 August (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 2 September of the civil calendar.
Commemorated the same day August 20
Stephen I of HungaryRight-Believing · King of HungaryAug 20
SamuelProphet · Prophet and JudgeAug 20
AmadourVenerable · Hermit of RocamadourAug 20
Theocharis of NeapolisNew Martyr · New martyr of NeapolisAug 20
Peter PähkelConfessor · Bishop of Petseri and TartuAug 20- Heliodorus of Bet ZabdaiHieromartyr · Bishop of Bet ZabdaiAug 20
- 37 Martyrs of PlovdivHoly MartyrsAug 20
- 37 Venerable Martyrs of BizyeHoly Venerable MartyrsAug 20
- Achilles of ThraceMartyrAug 20
- Agathon of ThraceMartyrAug 20
- Alexander GadalinNew MartyrAug 20
- Alexander MalinovskyHieromartyrAug 20