中文 | Русский

Church of All The Holy Martyrs in Beijing

According to Harbin Diocese - Parishes in China for 1929, the Mission site has a Church of the Martyrs, built to commemorate the slain Christians in Beijing during the boxing rebellion. 222 Christian martyrs.

This two-story Cathedral with five domes was built in 1903 on the site of the original St Nicholas Church at the grounds of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Beijing where many of the martyrs were slain. Thus the church was dedicated to all the Holy Martyrs of the Yihetuan Uprising. The sacred relic of the 222 Chinese Holy Martyrs was kept in a crypt under the altar. In the background behind the church is the monument above the tomb of D. L. Horvata. In 1938, the remains of the Alapayevsk Martyrs that were at St Seraphim Church were exhumed and transferred to the crypt of the Church of All Holy Martyrs. After the property of the Mission was transferred over to the Soviet Embassy, the Church of All Holy Martyrs was destroyed along with the rest of the mission property in 1957 by the Soviets.

Also near the church on the Missions ground was the memorial monument in memory of the 222 Chinese Martyrs. The monument was erected by Archbishop Victor in 1935 (when the Mission celebtated 200 years of its operation in China). It was situated 100 meters south-east from the temple, exactly at the place where there was the well. All the dead bodies of Martyrs were dropped into this well in 1900. In 2005, this well has been located with georadar by Boris Alexandrov ( Kepping), grand-nephew of Abp Victor. He has also found the broken slab, which was lying for 50 years in the Embassy park. Now, this slab is placed on a pedestal.

Photos
 

photo from youngpoblog

postcard from the Netherlands

1908 postcard from Belgium

photos from Yíhéwúlǎo

Met. Innokenty in front of the
Church of All Holy Martyrs
(The picture was taken in March 1931)
"Chinese Good News",
June-July 1931, pg 4
photo from Georgii's Blog

Resting place of
Met. Innokenty
and Abp. Simon.
1948 photo from
Museum of Church
Archaeology
, MDPA

Archim. Pakomy. Nun Athanasia.
"Beiguan" (Tianjin, 1939) pp. 124-125

Nuns of the Holy Pokrov Convent near the Church of the Martyrs.
pre-1940 photo from Museum of Church Archaeology, MDPA

Church of the Holy Martyrs -
a place of eternal repose of
His Eminence Met. Innokenty
(The picture was taken in July 1931)
"Chinese Good News",
June-July 1931, pg 8

from DECR archive in Moscow

1946 photo by Dmitri Kessel, LIFE/Getty Images

photo from fotoe.com

one of the group photos in
front of Holy Martyrs Church
celebrating the 250th anniversary
of arrival of Orthodoxy in China
taken on June 23, 24th year of
the Republic of China
(June 10, 1935 on the Julian Calendar)
also 35th anniversary of the
martrydom of Holy Chinese Martyrs.
photo from "Christ the Eternal Tao"
courtesy of Hieromonk Damascene.

In Russian and Chinese, on the front side of the monument is carved:
“Blessed are those who the Lord chose and accepted.
In memory of 222 Orthodox Chinese, who suffered martyrdom here
on June 10, 1900 in the name of Christ. "
On the other side: “Consecrated on the 250th anniversary
of the Russian Spiritual Mission in China.
photos from Dimitri Napara
Service at the well before the monument

Consecration of the monument over the well into which
the bodies of the murdered Orthodox Chinese were thrown.
pre-1940 photo from Museum of Church Archaeology, MDPA

1946 photo by Dmitri Kessel, LIFE

1946 photo by Dmitri Kessel, LIFE

Monument over the well into which the bodies of the
Orthodox Chinese Martyrs were thrown by the Boxers.
1948 photo from Museum of Church Archaeology, MDPA