Benjamin of Petrograd
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Hieromartyr Benjamin (born Vasily Pavlovich Kazansky) was the Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church in Petersburg[1] and Gdovsk in Russia. He was executed on 13 August 1922 Old Calendar, 26 August 1922 New Calendar, by a firing squad under orders from the Soviet government.
Hieromartyr Benjamin was declared saint by the Russian Orthodox Church. His memory is commemorated on July 31[2].
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For more information on his life, see the following links:
- http://www.roca.org/OA/66-68/66h.htm
- http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=102157
- Nikolai Lossky mention of Execution
- NY Times Article, 9-6-1922
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