New Russian Martyrs

The Holy Royal Martyrs in the Light of History and God’s Providence

16 July 2009

A new era began for the Sovereign and his family: their worldly life ended and their saints’ life began, together with their Christian exploits. The Tsar and his entourage were kept under guard at ...

Extracts from Letters of the Holy New Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth to the Martyred Emperor Nicholas II

08 June 2009

St. New Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth

I took up the life I am now leading not as a cross - but as a road full of light God showed me after Serge's death and which years and years before had begun in my soul. I can't tell you ...

Life of the Holy New Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth

31 March 2009

Metropolitan Anastassy

One had to live through such a staggering catastrophe as this, in order to be convinced of the frailty and illusory nature of wealth, glory and the things of this world, and about which for so many ...

On the Significance of the New Martyrs and Confessors

08 February 2009

In Russia in 1917, the scales tipped the other way, towards evil. Then large numbers turned against Christ and His Church. The greatest persecution in history began, with 600 bishops, 40,000 priests, ...

Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia

08 February 2009

Priest Sergei Sveshnikov

Let us always have the holy example of the new martyrs before our eyes as we live our lives. Let us find the source of their strength and drink of this fountain of immortality. As we go about our ...

Life of Father Arseny.

27 June 2008

Father Arseny ran to Sazikov and begged him, "Help! Please help, Ivan Alexandrovich! They are cutting people up. There is blood everywhere. I ask you in the name of God to stop this! The ...

The Light of Resurrection

26 June 2007

Anastasia Donets

'Silence, pitch dark all around…iridescent pillars sweep the sky - the northern lights... And finally the sacred songs are heard from the open doors of the church. Archbishop Hilarion's cry ...

Father and Son: A Story of Two Saints

05 March 2007

Thousands mourned the death in 1923 of the popular, clairvoyant lay-elder of Moscow, Archpriest Alexey Mechev. But the Lord did not leave his spiritual children orphaned. Many had already discovered ...

Visions Before the Storm: The New Martyrs

25 February 2007

from Holy New Martyrs Church website (Norwich, Connecticut)

The starets looked around and replied, This is the blood of true Christians!' The starets then pointed to some clouds, and I saw mass of burning white lamps. They began to fall to the ground one ...

The blood of martyrs is the life-giving seed of Christianity!

19 February 2007

“The 20th century – the century of 1000 years since the baptism of Russia – also became the century marked by the most severe and cruel persecutions of the Russian Orthodox Church. Churches and ...

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