Saint Benjamin of Petrograd
Deceased Person
1873 – 1922
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Who was Saint Benjamin of Petrograd?
Saint Benjamin of Petrograd born Vasily Pavlovich Kazansky was a hieromartyr, a bishop in the Russian Orthodox Church and eventually Metropolitan of Petrograd and Gdov from 1917 to 1922. He was martyred, executed by a firing squad by Soviet authorities. In April 1992 Benjamin was glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church together with several other martyrs, including Archimandrite Sergius, Professor Yury Novitsky, and John Kovsharov, who were murdered with him.
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