Orthodox · 20th century
New Martyrs Eudoxia, Daria, Daria, and Maria
Commemorated: August 18 (August 5, Old Style)
Life
Evdokia Sheikova, a bedridden ascetic of the village of Puzo near Diveyevo, and three young women who looked after her, Daria Timagina, Daria Ulybina and Maria, whose surname is not known, were killed in August 1919, during the Civil War, by a Red Army punitive detachment. According to the account written down by their neighbours, the three companions chose to die with her. They belong to the New Martyrs of the diocese of Nizhny Novgorod and were canonized in 2000.
Retold briefly in our own words from: Wikipedia (to check the facts).
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Places and years: Wikidata (CC0), each saint matched by hand.