New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Orthodox Church

President Putin and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow at the consecration of the huge temple of the New Martyrs in the Sretensky Monastery next door to the former NKVD headquarters

New Martyrs and Confessors of Russian Church (Russian: Новомученики и исповедники Церкви Русской, before 2013 - New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, Russian: Новомученики и исповедники российские) is group of saints of the Russian Orthodox Church martyred or persecuted after the October Revolution of 1917. Their memorial is held annually at the end of January or beginning of February.