Holy New Martyrs
New Martyrs of the Czech and Slovak Church
Bishop Gorazd and the Czech Orthodox clergy slain by the Nazis in 1942.
- Feast
- September 5old style September 18
- Reposed
- 194220th century
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
The New Martyrs of the Czech and Slovak Church are Bishop Gorazd and the Orthodox clergy and faithful of the Czech lands who were killed by the Nazis in 1942.
The calendar names among them the hieromartyrs Vladimír Petřek and Václav Čikl, priests, and the martyrs Ján Sonnevend, Václav Ornest and Karel Louda, together with their families. They are venerated as saints in the Orthodox Church.
Their commemoration falls on 5 September (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 18 September of the civil calendar.
Commemorated the same day September 5
ZechariahProphet · Father of John the BaptistSep 5.jpg)
ElizabethRighteous · Mother of John the BaptistSep 5
Athanasius of Brest-LitovskVenerable Martyr · Monk of BrestSep 5.jpg)
Rhais of AlexandriaMartyr · Martyr of AlexandriaSep 5.gif)
Vaclav ČiklHieromartyr · Priest of PragueSep 5.gif)
Vladimir PetrekHieromartyr · Priest of PragueSep 5- AbdasSaintSep 5
- Abdias of PersiaMartyrSep 5
- Acontius of PortusMartyrSep 5
- Alvitus of LeónSaint · Bishop of LeónSep 5
BertinVenerable · Abbot of SithiuSep 5- DubhscuileSaintSep 5