Metropolitan Tryphon (russian: Митрополит Трифон; born Prince Boris Petrovich Turkestanov (Борис Петрович Туркестанов) November 29, 1861, Moscow — June 14, 1934) is a revered hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church.Pravoslavie.ru
/ref> In 1901 he became the Bishop of Dmitrov and a vicar of the Moscow Eparchy. On February 26, 1915, Trifon was awarded the

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on the Ribbon of Saint George and the

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for the divine service on the fronts of World War I. After Metropolitan Sergius proclaimed the declaration of loyalty of the Church to the Soviet state on August 19, 1927, Trifon accepted the praying "to authorities", which has been added to the great ektenia. Turkestanov was a scion of the

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noble family

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. He first attended the Polivanov Classical Gymnasium, then entered the

Moscow University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

. In 1887, Turkestanov became a lay brother in the

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. In 1889 he became a monk and acquired the name Trifon, after the saint martyr. Two years later Trifon entered the Moscow Theological Seminary. In June 1916 he became the superior of the

New Jerusalem Monastery The Resurrection Monastery (russian: Воскресенский монастырь, ''Voskresensky Monastery'') or New Jerusalem Monastery (russian: Новоиерусалимский монастырь, ''Novoiyerusalimsky Monastery'') is a major ...

. In 1923 Trifon was elevated to archbishop. Shortly before his death Trifon became blind. He was buried in the Vvedenskoye Cemetery in Moscow.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Trifon 20th-century Eastern Orthodox archbishops Clergy from Moscow Moscow State University alumni Nobility of Georgia (country) 1861 births 1934 deaths Burials at Vvedenskoye Cemetery