New Martyr 20th century

New Hieromartyr John Maslovsky

Also known as John Maslovsky, Priest

A priest of the Amur region martyred in the Soviet persecution (1921)

Feast Day
September 7
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Commemorated as

The Holy New Hieromartyr John Maslovsky, Priest of Verkhne-Poltavka

Life

John Maslovsky was an Orthodox priest who served in the Amur region of the Russian Far East and was killed in 1921, during the persecution of the Church that followed the Russian Revolution and Civil War. He is commemorated as a New Hieromartyr, a priest who suffered death for the faith in the modern era. His feast is kept on September 7.

Liturgical and reference calendars identify him with the village of Verkhne-Poltavka in the Amur region, where he served as parish priest. He is numbered among the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, the broad commemoration of clergy and faithful who died during the Soviet-era repression of the Church. Beyond these few fixed details, little biographical record of his life survives in the available sources.

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  1. 1921 Martyrdom Killed during the persecution of the Church in the early Soviet period while serving as a priest in the Amur region; commemorated thereafter as a New Hieromartyr.

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Commemoration

John Maslovsky is commemorated on September 7 and is included among the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia. Reference calendars name him a priest of Verkhne-Poltavka in the Amur region, placing him among the clergy of the Russian Far East who died in the upheaval of 1921.

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Among the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia

Sources: Synaxarion