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| Neomartyrs After the Fall of Constantinople (Feast Day - Third Sunday After Pentecost) |
And now are joined with the Athletes of old.
The multitude of new athletes walk in the heavenly divine city.
"I Was Born a Christian, and a Christian I Will Die" (Homily for the Sunday of the Neomartyrs Under the Turks)
The Autograph Neomartyrologium Collection of Monk Caesarius Daponte (1713-1784)
Who Is A Saint? (Fr. John Romanides)
Patriarchs of Constantinople Killed Under the Turks
Blood-Stained Cassocks and 1821
September
1 - Holy New Martyr Angelis of Constantinople (+ 1680)
1 - Holy New Martyr Haido of Halkidiki (+ 19th cent.)
3 - Holy New Martyr Polydoros of Cyprus (+ 1794)
6 - Holy New Martyr Lygeri of Chios (+ 1822)
8 - Holy New Martyr Athanasios the Koulakiotis (+ 1774)
14 - Holy New Martyr Makarios the New (+ 1507)
14 - Holy New Hieromartyr Anthimos, Metropolitan of Wallachia (+ 1716)
15 - Holy New Hieromartyr Niketas of Serres (+ 1808)
15 - Holy New Martyr John of Sphakia in Crete (+ 1811)
20 - Holy New Martyr Hilarion the New of Crete (+ 1804)
23 - Holy New Martyr Nicholas the Grocer from Karpenisi (+ 1672)
23 - Holy New Martyr John of Konitsa, formerly a Muslim (+ 1814)
27 - Holy New Hieromartyr Anthimos the Iberian, Metropolitan of Wallachia (+ 1716)
27 - Holy New Martyr Akylina of Thessaloniki (+ 1764)
27 - Metropolitan Nikodemos of Ierissos and the Discovery of the Relics of St. Akylina
27 - After 249 Years, the Relics of St. Akylina Return to Her Homeland
29 - Synaxarion of the Holy New Venerable Martyr Malachias of Lindos
29 - Strofades Monastery and the Massacre of 1537
29 - Holy New Martyrs Lambros, Theodore and One Who Was Anonymous, Who Were Martyred in Vrachori (+ 1786)
October
2 - Holy New Martyr George the Sandalmaker from Philadelphia (+ 1794)
6 - Holy New Martyr Makarios of Kios in Bithynia (+ 1590)
9 - Holy New Martyr John at Prousa
10 - Saint Dionysios the Philosopher (+ 1611)
13 - Holy New Martyr Chryse of Meglen (+ 1796)
13 - Holy New Martyr Zlata of Meglen (+ 1796)
13 - Holy Neomartyr Chryse as a Model for our Lives
13 - Holy New Martyr Bosiljka Rajicic of Pasjane (+ late 19th cent.)
16 - Holy New Martyr John of Tourkoleka (+ 1816)
18 - Holy New Martyrs Isidore and his Two Children, Newly-Revealed in 1953
18 - Holy New Martyrs Gabriel and Kyrmidoles of Egypt (+ 1522)
21 - Holy New Martyr John of Monemvasia (+ 1773)
26 - Holy New Martyr Joasaph the New (+ 1516)
26 - Translation of the Relics of the Holy New Martyr George of Ioannina
29 - Holy New Hieromartyr Athanasios of Sparta in Attaleia (+ 1653)
29 - Holy New Martyr Timothy of Esphigmenou (+ 1820)
31 - Holy New Martyr Nicholas of Chios (+ 1754)
November
1 - Saint David, the Great Komnenos and Last Emperor of Trebizond, and His Martyrdom for Christ
1 - David the Great Komnenos, the Last Emperor of Trebizond, is Canonized
1 - Holy New Martyr Iakovos of Kastoria and his Two Disciples Iakovos the Deacon and Dionysios the Monk (+ 1520)
2 - Holy New Martyrs Lambros, Theodore and One Who Was Anonymous, Who Were Martyred in Vrachori (+ 1786)
3 - Holy New Hieromartyr George of Neapolis (+ 1797)
12 - Holy New Martyr Mark of Kleisoura (+ 1598)
12 - Holy New Martyr Savvas of Nigdi (+ 1726)
12 - Saint Nicholas the New Martyr from the Parish of the Exi Marmara (+ 1732)
13 - Holy New Venerable Martyr Damaskenos of Constantinople (+ 1681)
14 - Holy New Martyr Constantine of Hydra (+ 1800)
18 - Holy New Martyr Anastasios of Paramythia in Epirus (+ 1750) and Saint Daniel the Former Muslim
26 - Holy New Martyr George of Chios (+ 1807)
28 - Holy New Martyr Nicholas Basdanis of Metsovo (+ 1617)
28 - Discovery of the Skull of Saint Nicholas of Metsovo
December
3 - Holy New Hieromartyr Gabriel II, Patriarch of Constantinople (+ 1659)
3 - Holy New Martyr Angelis, the Physician of Argos (+ 1813)
4 - Holy New Hieromartyr Seraphim, Archbishop of Phanarion and Neochorion (+ 1601)
6 - Holy New Martyr Nicholas Karamanos of Smyrna (+ 1657)
13 - Holy New Hieromartyr Gabriel, Archbishop of Serbia (+ 1659)
17 - Holy New Martyrs Avakum the Deacon and Paisius the Abbot of Serbia
20 - Holy New Martyr John the Tailor of Thasos (+ 1652)
24 - Holy New Martyr Ahmed the Calligrapher (+ 1682)
24 - Saint Ahmed the Calligrapher as a Model for our Lives
26 - Holy New Hieromartyr Constantios the Russian (+ 1743)
30 - Holy New Venerable Martyr Gideon of Karakallou (+ 1818)
January
1 - Holy New Martyr Peter of Tripoli in Peloponessos (+ 1776)
2 - Holy New Martyr Zorzes the Iberian (+ 1770)
5 - Holy New Martyr Romanos of Karpenisi (+ 1694)
5 - The Glorious Vision to Saint Akakios of the Holy New Martyr Romanos
6 - Holy New Hieromartyr Romanos of Lacedaemon (+ 1695)
7 - Holy New Martyr Athanasios of Attaleia (+ 1700)
8 - Saint Kyranna the New Martyr Resource Page
11 - Holy New Martyr Nikephoros of Crete (+ 1832)
16 - Holy New Hieromartyr Damaskenos of Gambrovo (+ 1771)
16 - Holy New Martyr Nicholas of Mitylene (+ 1771)
17 - Saint George of Ioannina Resource Page
20 - Holy New Martyr Zacharias of Patras (+ 1782)
22 - Holy New Martyr Gregory of Pec
25 - Holy New Martyr Auxentios of Bellas in Ioannina (+ 1720)
27 - Holy New Martyr Demetrios the Bartender of Constantinople (+ 1784)
29 - Holy New Martyr Demetrios of Chios (+ 1802)
30 - Holy New Martyr Theodore the Hatzis of Mytilene (+ 1784)
30 - Holy New Martyr Dimiter of Sliven, Bulgaria (+ 1841)
31 - Holy New Martyr Elias Ardounis of Kalamata (+ 1686)
31 - The Church Built Over the Spot Where the Holy New Martyr Elias Ardounis was Martyred in Kalamata
7 - Holy New Martyr George of Alikianos, Crete (+ 1867)
11 - Holy New Martyr George of Kratovo (+ 1515)
12 - Holy New Martyr Christos the Gardener (+ 1748)
14 - Holy Newly-Revealed New Martyr Nicholas of Ichthys, Corinth (+ 1554)
14 - The Church of Saint Nicholas of Ichthys in Psari, Corinth
14 - Holy New Martyr Damian the New (+ 1568)
14 - Holy New Martyr George the Tailor, Also Called Paizan, of Mytilene (+ 1693)
14 - Holy New Hieromartyr Nicholas of Trebizond (+ 1920)
15 - Holy New Martyr John the Koulakiotis (+ 1776)
16 - Holy New Martyr Romanos of Karpenisi (+ 1694)
16 - The Glorious Vision to Saint Akakios of the Holy New Martyr Romanos
16 - Holy New Hieromartyr Deacon Who Is Anonymous
17 - Holy New Martyr Theodore of Byzantium (+ 1795)
17 - St. Theodore of Byzantium and the Miraculous Deliverance of Mytilene from the Plague in 1832
17 - Holy New Hieromartyr Theodore of Adjara (+ 1822)
19 - Saint Philothei of Athens Resource Page
23 - Holy New Hieromartyr Lazarus of Tripoli (+ 1605)
26 - Holy New Martyr John Kalphas (+ 1575)
27 - Holy New Martyr Elias of Trebizond (+ 1749)
28 - Saint Kyranna the New Martyr Resource Page
March
1 - Holy New Martyr Paraskevas of Trebizond (+ 1659)
5 - Holy New Martyr John of Bulgaria (+ 1784)
5 - Holy New Hieromartyr Parthenios Partheniades (+ 1805)
5 - Holy New Martyr George of Rapsani (+ 1818)
9 - Holy New Martyrs Christos the Priest and Panagos (+ 1716)
10 - Holy New Martyr Michael the Breadseller (+ 1547)
15 - Holy New Martyr Manuel of Sphakia, Crete (+ 1792)
Sunday Between March 18th and 24th - Holy New Hieromartyr Gregory, Metropolitan of New Patras (+ 1711)
19 - Holy New Martyr Demetrios the Tornaras (+ 1564)
20 - Holy New Martyr Myron the Tailor of Heraklion, Crete (+ 1793)
20 - Holy New Martyr Myron of Crete as a Model for our Lives
22 - Holy New Martyr Euthymios of Peloponnesos (+ 1814)
23 - Holy New Martyr Luke of Adrianople (+ 1802)
23 - Papa-Foti's Vision of St. Luke the New Martyr
24 - Holy New Hieromartyr Parthenios III, Patriarch of Constantinople (+ 1657)
26 - Holy New Martyr George of Sofia in Bulgaria (+ 1437)
30 - Holy New Martyr Zacharias, Metropolitan of Corinth (+ 1684)
April
3 - Holy New Martyr Paul the Russian and Freedman (+ 1683)
3 - Saint Paul the Russian and his Wife as Models for our Lives
5 - Holy New Martyr Argyre of Proussa, Patron Saint of Marriage (+ 1725)
5 - Holy New Martyr George of Ephesus (+ 1801)
5 - The Paschal Martyrdom of Neomartyr Panagiotis (+ 1820)
6 - Holy New Martyr Gennadios of Dionysiou (+ 1818)
8 - Holy New Martyr John Koulikas (+ 1564)
8 - Holy New Martyr John the Naukleros (+ 1669)
9 - Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene Resource Page
9 - Saint Eleni, Who Was Martyred With Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene in Lesvos (+ 1463)
10 - Holy New Martyr Demos the Fisherman at Smyrna (+ 1763)
10 - Holy New Martyr Demos the Fisherman as a Model for our Lives
10 - Holy Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople Resource Page
10 - Holy New Martyr Chrysanthos of Xenophontos (+ 1821)
13 - Translation of the Sacred Relics of the Holy New Martyr George of Cyprus
14 - Holy New Martyr Demetrios of Peloponnesos (+ 1803)
14 - A Description of the Martyrdom Preparation of Saint Demetrios of Peloponnesos
15 - Holy New Hieromartyr Ananias Lampardes, Metropolitan of Lacedaemon (+ 1764)
16 - Holy New Martyr Christopher of Dionysiou (+ 1818)
18 - Holy New Martyr John the Tailor of Ioannina (+ 1546)
18 - Saint John of Ioannina as a Model for our Lives
18 - Saint Tounom the Emir (+ 1579)
18 - Saint Cyril VI, Patriarch of Constantinople (+ April 18, 1821)
18 - Three Recent Miracles of Saint Cyril VI, Patriarch of Constantinople
19 - Holy New Martyr Agathangelos of Esphigmenou (+ 1819)
23 - Holy New Martyr George of Ptolemais (+ 1752)
23 - Holy New Martyr Lazarus the Shepherd of Bulgaria (+ 1802)
24 - Holy New Martyr Doukas the Tailor from Mytilene (+ 1564)
24 - Holy New Martyr Nicholas at Magnesia (+ 1776)
27 - Holy New Martyr Noultsos of Kastoria and Those With Him (+ 1696)
28 - Holy New Martyr John of Petra in Pieria (+ 1822)
30 - Holy New Martyr Argyre of Proussa, Patron Saint of Marriage (+ 1725)
May
First Sunday of May - Holy Six Virgin Martyrs of Geroplatonos in Halkidiki (+ 1854)
1 - Venerable New Martyrs Akakios of Neochorion, Euthymios of Peloponnesos and Ignatios the New
1 - Holy New Martyr Maria Methymopoula (+ 1826)
3 - Holy New Martyr Ahmed the Calligrapher (+ 1682)
3 - Saint Ahmed the Calligrapher as a Model for our Lives
5 - Saint Ephraim of Nea Makri Resource Page
9 - The New Martyrs of Novo Selo Holy Trinity Monastery in Apriltsi (+ 1876)
11 - The Glorious Martyrdom and Extraordinary Revelation of Saints Olympia and Euphrosyne of Karyes in Mytilene
11 - Holy New Martyr Argyrios of Epanomi (+ 1806)
12 - Holy New Martyr John of Serres (+ c. 1480)
12 - Holy New Martyr John the Wallachian (+ 1662)
13 - Holy New Hieromartyrs Gabriel and Arkadios of Iveron (+ 1922)
14 - Holy New Martyr Mark of Crete, Who Was Martyred in Smyrna (+ 1643)
14 - Holy New Martyr John the Goldsmith of Bulgaria (+ 1802)
17 - Holy New Martyr Nicholas Basdanis of Metsovo (+ 1617)
17 - Discovery of the Skull of Saint Nicholas of Metsovo
19 - Holy Hieromartyr Melchizedek, Bishop of Kisamos (+ 1821)
19 - Holy New Martyr John the Dragatis, nicknamed "Arnaoutoyiannis" (+ 1845)
21 - Holy New Martyr Pachomios of Usaki (+ 1730)
22 - Holy New Hieromartyr Zacharias of Prousa (+ 1802)
22 - Holy New Martyr Paul of Peloponnesos (+ 1818)
26 - Holy New Martyr George of Kratovo (+ 1515)
26 - Holy New Martyr Alexander the Dervish from Thessaloniki (+ 1794)
27 - Saint John the Russian Resource Page
28 - Holy New Hieromartyr Arsenios, Bishop of Beroea
28 - Holy New Martyr Mitros of Peloponnesos (+ 1794)
29 - Holy New Martyr Andrew Argenti of Chios (+ 1465)
29 - Holy New Martyr Nannos (John) of Thessaloniki (+ 1802)
29 - Church of Saint John the Martyr in Old Gynaikokastro
30 - The 23 Turkish Martyrs of Thyatira (+ 1649): Account by a 17th Century Jesuit Missionary to Smyrna
June
2 - Holy Great Martyr John the New of Suceava (+ 1330)
2 - Commemoration of the Miracle of Saint John the New of Suceava in 1622
2 - Holy New Martyr Demetrios of Philadelphia (+ 1657)
2 - Holy New Martyr Constantine the Former Hagarene from Mytilene (+ 1819)
3 - Saint Dorotheos Proios, Metropolitan of Adrianople (+ 1821)
3 - Saint Gregory, Bishop of Derkoi (+ 1821)
3 - Holy Hieromartyr Joseph III (Antonopoulos), Archbishop of Thessaloniki (+ 1821)
4 - Commemoration of the Consecration of the Sacred Church of the Holy New Martyr Anastasios in Nafplio
5 - Holy New Martyr Mark of Chios (+ 1801)
8 - Holy New Martyr Theophanes of Constantinople (+ 1588)
10 - Holy New Martyr Savvas the Stageiritis (+ 1821)
11 - Holy New Martyr Zafeirios of Halkidiki (+ c. 1821)
12 - Holy New Martyr John of Trebizond, Who Contested in Akkerman (+ 1492)
12 - Holy New Martyrs Synesios, Benedict, Timothy and Paul at Thessaloniki
13 - Holy New Hieromartyr Anthimos, Metropolitan of Wallachia (+ 1716)
17 - Holy New Hieromartyr Parthenios Pagkostas of Patmos (+ 1629)
21 - Holy New Martyr Niketas of Nisyros (+ 1732)
21 - Holy Hieromartyr Basil Kalapalikes (+ 1902)
22 - Holy New Martyrs Ambrosios, Neophytos and Makarios of Vatopaidi (+ 1821)
24 - Holy Great Martyr John the New of Suceava (+ 1330)
24 - Statement of the Holy Monastery of Saint John the New in Suceava, Romania in Light of the Case of Coronavirus
24 - Holy New Martyr Panagiotis of Caesarea in Cappadocia (+ 1765)
25 - Holy New Martyr Prokopios the New from Varna, Bulgaria (+ 1810)
25 - Holy New Martyr George of Krini (+ 1823)
26 - Holy New Martyr David the New the Agiannanitis (+ 1813)
27 - Saint Cyril Loukaris Resource Page
30 - Saint Michael Paknanas Resource Page
July
2 - Holy New Martyr Lampros of Samothrace (+ 1835)
3 - Holy New Martyr Gerasimos of Karpenisi (+ 1812)
5 - Holy New Hieromartyr Cyprian at Constantinople (+ 1679)
6 - Holy New Martyr Cyril from Thessaloniki (+ 1566) and the Discovery of His Relics in 1972
Second Saturday of July - Holy New Martyr Athanasios of Lemnos (+ 1846)
9 - Saint Michael Paknanas Resource Page
9 - Holy New Hieromartyr Methodios, Bishop of Lampes in Crete (+ 1793)
9 - Archbishop Kyprianos and the 9th of July 1821
First Sunday After July 10th - The Five Ascetic Martyrs of Leipsoi
11 - Holy New Martyr Nikodemos the Albanian of Elbasan (+ 1722)
11 - Holy New Martyr Nektarios of Vryoulla (+ 1820)
14 - The Four Crypto-Christian Neomartyrs: Emmanuel, Anezina, George and Maria
24 - Holy New Martyr Theophilos of Zakynthos (+ 1635)
24 - Saint Theophilos the New Martyr of Chios as a Model for our Lives
24 - Holy New Martyr Athanasios of Kios (+ 1670)
27 - Holy New Martyr Christodoulos of Kassandra (+ 1777)
27 - Holy New Martyr Christodoulos as a Model for our Lives
31 - An Anonymous New Martyr From Crete (+ July 1811)
31 - Holy New Martyr Dionysios of Vatopaidi (+ 1822)
August
2 - Holy New Martyr Theodore of the Dardanelles (+ 1690)
5 - Holy New Martyr Christos from Preveza (+ 1668)
6 - Holy New Martyr Avvakum (+ 1628)
8 - Holy New Martyr Triantaphyllos the Sailor of Zagora (+ 1680)
8 - Holy New Martyr Spaso (Anastasios) of Rodovis in Bulgaria (+ 1794)
9 - Holy New Hieromartyr Euthymios, Metropolitan of Rhodes (+ 1529)
9 - Holy New Martyr Nicholas of Kokova (+ 1822)
11 - Holy New Martyrs Anastasios and Demetrios the Basketweavers (+ 1816)
14 - Holy New Martyr Symeon the Goldsmith from Trebizond (+ 1653)
15 - Holy New Hieromartyr Christos of Ioannina (+ 1823)
16 - Holy New Venerable Martyrs Nikodemos of Meteora (+ 1551) and Daniel of Meteora
16 - Life and Veneration of Saint Stamatios of Volos (+ 1680)
16 - Holy New Martyr Apostolos the New (+ 1686)
16 - Saint Constantine Brancoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (+ 1714)
17 - Holy New Martyr Demetrios of Samarina (+ 1808)
18 - Holy New Martyr Constantine of Kappua (+ 1610)
18 - Holy New Martyr Matthew (+ 1697)
18 - Holy New Hieromartyr Agapios of Galatista (+ 1752)
18 - Holy New Martyr George of Kastoria who was formerly a Hagarene (+ 1809 or 1815)
20 - Holy New Martyr Theocharis of Neapolis (+ 1740)
23 - Saint Kosmas the Aitolos Resource Page
25 - Papa-Foti's Vision of St. Luke the New Martyr
Bright Tuesday
Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene Resource Page
179 Newly-Revealed Martyrs of Ntaou Penteli
Holy New Martyr John the New of Ioannina
Saint John of Ioannina as a Model for our Lives
Holy New Martyr Christopher of Dionysiou (+ 1818)
Holy New Martyrs Christodoulos and Anastasia of Patras (+ 1821)
Bright Thursday
Holy New Martyr Michael the Breadseller (+ 1547)
Holy New Martyr John of Petra in Pieria (+ 1822)
Thomas Sunday
The Miraculous Liberation of the Holy Mountain of Athos from the Turks in 1830
Holy New Martyrs George, Manuel, Theodore, George and Michael of Samothrace (+ 1835)
Saint Niketas the New Hieromartyr (+ 1808)
The Holy 1241 New Martyrs of Naousa
First Celebration of the 1241 Naousa Martyrs of 1822
Holy New Martyr Nicholas of Kokova (+ 1822)
Saint Cyril VI, Patriarch of Constantinople (+ April 18, 1821)
Three Recent Miracles of Saint Cyril VI
Commemoration of the Massacre in 1823 at the Cave of Milatos
Sunday of the Blind Man
Ecumenical Patriarchate Canonizes Seven New Martyrs of Kastoria
Monday of the Holy Spirit