SAINT VASILY CHERNIGOVSKY (1867-1918)

Abstract

The article is about Priest-Martyr Vasily (Bogoyavlensky), Archbishop of Chernigov and Nezhin, a Present Member of the Holy Synod, the famous figure of the Russian Orthodox Church of the early XX century. He was canonized for Church-wide praise in 2000. 150 years since his birthday is celebrated in 2017. Raised the issue of the phenomenon of Russian New Martyrs in general. Stages of Archbishop’ life are presented according to chronology and geography: Tambov and Kazan stages of life (years of study, service as a priest, widowhood); Kharkov and Chernigov stages of life (Seminary rector and a Bishpop); St. Petersburg stages of life (first monasticism, working as a member of Synod, months of being persecuted in 1917); Tver and Moscow stages of life (last year of life as an abbot, participation in the Council of ROC of 1917-1918); a trip to Pyerm as the head of the Conciliar Commission for the investigation of the murder of Archbishop Andronic (Nikolsky) and death on 27 August 1918. Analysing the Priest-Martyr’s activities, the author of the article used both published and unpublished archival materials, memoirs of contemporaries, scientific texts. Besides, writing the article Dr. Lyutova as a relative of V. D. Bogoyavlensky used some documents from her home archive and the information saved in oral family traditions.

Keywords

• the russian new martyrs and confessors
• the priest-martyrs
• archbishop of chernigov and nezhin the priest-martyr vasily (bogoyavlensky)
• the holy synod
• history of the roc
• the chernigov diocese of the roc
• the tambov diocese of the roc
• the kazan diocese of the roc
• the perm diocese of the roc