Thirty-⁠four Venerable Martyrs of Valaam

The Thirty-⁠four Venerable Martyrs of Valaam were monks and novices of the Valaam monastery, on the island of the same name in Lake Ladoga, slain by invaders in the year 1578. The Greek synaxarion at saint.gr names at their head the venerable Macarius, abbot of the monastery, who was killed together with thirty-⁠four novice monks by the "Latins", that is, by invaders from the West. They are commemorated on 20 February in the Greek calendar.