Benjamin of Petrograd
Benjamin of Petrograd (Russian: Вениамин Петроградский, Veniamin Petrogradsky, 29 April [O.S. 17 April] 1873 – 13 August [O.S. 31 July] 1922), born Vasily Pavlovich Kazansky (Russian: Василий Павлович Казанский), 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 (canonized) by the Russian Orthodox Church together with several other martyrs, including Archimandrite Sergius (Shein), Professor Yury Novitsky, and John Kovsharov (a lawyer), who were executed with him.
Saint Benjamin of Petrograd | |
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Benjamin (Kazansky), Metropolitan of Petrograd and Gdov | |
| Hieromartyr | |
| Born | 29 April [O.S. 17 April] 1873 Olonets Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 13 August [O.S. 31 July] 1922 Kovalevsky Forest, Soviet Union |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Canonized | 4 April 1992, Danilov Monastery, Moscow, Russian Federation by Russian Orthodox Church |
| Major shrine | Nikolskoe Cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra |
| Feast | 31 July Sunday on or following 25 January (the celebration of the Synaxis of the new Russian martyrs and confessors) |
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