Nikodim (

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: ''Никодим''; born as ''Nikolai Vasilyevich Krotkov'' (russian: Николай Васильевич Кротков); 1868-1938) was a bishop of the

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, later the Archbishop of Kostroma and Galich. He christmated

Pavlo Skoropadsky Pavlo Petrovych Skoropadskyi ( uk, Павло Петрович Скоропадський, Pavlo Petrovych Skoropadskyi; – 26 April 1945) was a Ukrainian aristocrat, military and state leader, decorated Imperial Russian Army and Ukrainian Army ...

as Hetman of Ukraine on April 29, 1918 in the Saint Sophia Cathedral. During the Revolutionary period in Ukraine 1917-1920 he served as a Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia as a

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to the murdered by Bolsheviks Metropolitan Vladimir. In 2000 he was recognized as a hieromartyr by the

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Biography

Nikodim was born in a family of a Russian priest from the Kostroma Eparchy as Nikolai Vasilyevich Krotkov. In 1889 he graduated from the

Kostroma Theological Seminary Kostroma ( rus, Кострома́, p=kəstrɐˈma) is a historic city and the administrative center of Kostroma Oblast, Russia. A part of the Golden Ring of Russian cities, it is located at the confluence of the rivers Volga and Kostroma. Popu ...

, after which Krotkov was appointed as a teacher to a parish school. In 1896 he enrolled into the

Kiev Theological Academy The Kiev Theological Academy (1819—1919) was one of the oldest higher educational institution of the Russian Orthodox Church, situated in Kyiv, then in the Russian Empire (now Kyiv, Ukraine). It was considered as the most senior one among simila ...

and on August 13, 1899 Krotkov was

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d as a monk. In 1900 Krotkov finished the academy with a degree of a Candidate in Theology. In 1905 he was a rector of the

Pskov Theological Seminary Pskov ( rus, Псков, a=pskov-ru.ogg, p=pskof; see also Names of Pskov in different languages, names in other languages) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in northwestern Russia and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, ...

. On November 11, 1907 Nikodim has been laid on of hands by Archbishop Anastasiy as bishop of Akkerman, vicar of Kishenev and Khotin Eparchy. Since November 16, 1911 he was a bishop of Chyhyryn, vicar of Kiev eparchy. On April 29, 1918 Nikodim christmated

as Hetman of Ukraine in the Saint Sophia Cathedral, after which he conducted a service of intercession at the Sofiyivska Ploshcha (Sophia Square). Nikodim was against adopting an autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodoxy. Since 1921 he was a bishop of Taurida and Simferopol. In 1922 Nikodim was promoted to the rank of archbishop. From 1922 to 1932 he spent time in prison. From June 10, 1932 to January 2, 1937 Nikodim was an archbishop of Kostroma, after which he retired. Later Nikodim was repressed and convicted again. He died in prison.

External links

Nikodim (Krotkov) (Historical memo in regards to the anathema on the Hetman Ivan Mazepa)

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1868 births 1938 deaths People from Furmanovsky District People from Nerekhtsky Uyezd Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Ukrainian State Kiev Theological Academy alumni Prisoners who died in Soviet detention Russian saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church 20th-century Eastern Orthodox martyrs