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New Martyr · 20th century

New Hieromartyr John Archbishop of Riga

Also known as John of Latvia · John Pommer

Archbishop of Riga and Latvia who guided the Orthodox Church amid hardship and suffered a martyr's death.

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Among the New Martyrs of the twentieth century.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints