New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, is group of saints of the Russian Orthodox Church martyred or persecuted for Christ after the October Revolution of 1917.
Trorarion: Tone 4: O ye holy hierarchs, royal passion-bearers and pastors, /monks and laymen, ye countless new-martyrs, and confessors, /men, women and children, /flowers of the spiritual meadow of Russia, /who blossomed forth wondrously in time of grievous persecutions /bearing good fruit for Christ in your endurance: /Entreat Him as the One who planted you, /that He deliver His people from godless and evil men, /and that the Church of Russia and all the world/be made steadfast through your blood and suffering, //unto the salvation of our souls.
Kontaktion: Tone 2: O ye new passion-bearers of Russia, /who have with your confession finished the course of this earth, /receiving boldness through your sufferings: /Beseech Christ Who strengthened you, /that we also, whenever the hour of trial find us /may receive the gift of courage from God. /For ye are a witness to us who venerate your struggle, /that neither tribulation, prison, nor death //can separate us from the love of God.
