Great Britain of Wales, which follows Calvinistic Methodism, is the largest denomination in Wales. There are other non-conformist minorities, such as Baptists, Quakers, the United Reformed Church (a union of Congregationalists and English Presbyterians), Unitarians. The first patron saint of Great Britain was Saint Alban. He was the first Christian martyr dating from the Romano-British period, condemned to death for his faith and sacrificed to the pagan gods. In more recent times, some have suggested the adoption of St Aidan as another patron saint of Britain. From Ireland, he worked at Iona amongst the Dál Riata and then Lindisfarne where he restored
New Martyr Slain During the Boxer Rebellion" the Russian Orthodox Church has not glorified either of the martyrs listed above, but each has received widespread popular veneration. New Martyr The title of New Martyr or Neomartyr (-, "neo", the prefix for "new"; and μάρτυς, "martys", "witness") of the Eastern Orthodox Church was originally given to martyrs who died under heretical rulers or non-christian rulers in post-medieval period (the original martyrs being under pagans, mostly during Roman period). The Greek Orthodox Church traditionally gives the title of "New Martyr" to those who had been tortured and executed during the Ottoman rule ("turkocracy") in