Orthodox · 20th century
New Hieromartyrs Priests Peter and Valerian
Commemorated: February 23 (February 10, Old Style)
Life
Peter Grudinsky, born in 1877, and Valerian Novitsky, born in 1897, were priests in Belarus, then the Belarusian Exarchate of the Russian Church. Both died for their faith in 1930, under the Soviet persecution of the Church. The Russian Church numbered them among its new martyrs in 2000.
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