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Metropolitan Joseph (Ivan Petrovykh)
Metropolitan Joseph (russian: Митрополит Иосиф, secular name Ivan Semyonovich Petrovykh, russian: Иван Семёнович Петровых; 15 December 1872 – 20 November 1937) was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, metropolitan of Petrograd (1926–1927). Master of Divinity (1903) and spiritual writer. He refused to accept the Declaration of 1927 on full loyalty to the soviet authorities and his transfer to the Diocese of Odessa, he became the leader of Josephite movement. He died during the Great Purge. He was glorified in the face of saints by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia as the Holy Martyr Joseph of Petrograd. Biography Early life He was born on December 15, 1872, in town of Ustyuzhna, Novgorod Governorate (now Vologda Oblast, Russia), in family of Semyon Kirillovich Petrovykh, who owned a bakery, and Evdokia Ivanovna, née Gankovskaya, who was involved in housework and raising children. Since there was a lot of housework, a she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ustyuzhna
Ustyuzhna (russian: У́стюжна) is a town and the administrative center of Ustyuzhensky District in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the Mologa River, west of Vologda, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History Considered to have been founded in the 11th century, it was first mentioned, as Zhelezny Ustyug (), in 1252, and in the following centuries was called variously Ustyuzhna Zheleznopolskaya, Ustizhna, Ustizhnya, Ustyuzhnya, and Yustyzhnya. In the 16th–18th centuries it was known mostly as Ustyuzhna-Zheleznaya or Ustyuzhna-Zheleznopolskaya, but since 1808 it had mostly been referred to by its modern name. The origin of the name is unclear, though it may be related to that of Ustyug.Е. М. Поспелов. "Географические названия мира", стр. 436 In 1252, Ustyuzhna was a part of the Principality of Uglich. It was situated on the shortest route from Novgorod to the basin of the Northern Dvina, which caused an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
