[2] His son Isaiah or Esaias, who served in the Chinese military, was beheaded on June 7 near the Ping-tse-Min gates by rebels who knew he was a Christian.

Maria had come to Metrophanes' house two days before the attack, determined to stay with her dead fiance's family despite the danger.

She had been urged three times by Metrophanes' middle son Sergei (Cháng Fú, 常福) to run away and hide, but refused to leave.

Eight-year-old Ioann or John was attacked brutally on June 10, 1900, by the Boxers who—by some reports—chopped off his nose, ears, and toes and hacked away at his shoulders.

The next day, according to the reports of followers, he was seen sitting naked on the steps outside the house, begging for water, which his neighbors refused him.

[3] Hundreds of other Chinese Orthodox Christians were also murdered during the Boxer Rebellion and are also considered martyrs by their church and remembered with their bishop.

The smaller size of the Eastern Orthodox Church, its lower profile in China, the fact that the Roman Catholic canonizations happened on the National Day of the People's Republic of China, and/or the better relations between the Orthodox Church and the Chinese government may account for the disparity.