Chinese Orthodox Christians are killed in the Boxer crisis
About this date: June 1900 is used because the cited commemorative accounts present differing day numbers; feast dates are not automatically execution dates.
Mitrophan Tsi-Chung and members of the Chinese Orthodox community are killed during the violence of the Boxer uprising.
Historical context
The episode belongs to a wider crisis involving hostility toward foreign power and Christian communities. Chinese Christians cannot simply be equated with foreign military actors.
Key points
- Mitrophan was a Chinese Orthodox priest.
- Believers sought shelter at his home.
- Orthodox remembrance preserves the victims as martyrs.
People
- Mitrophan Tsi-Chung
Sources and further reading
- The Chinese Martyrs
Commemorative narrative of the Orthodox victims. - Saints in Times of Trouble: St. Mitrophan
Educational account with a different June dating convention.