Archbishop Hilarion (in the world Nikolai Ivanovich Prokhorov , March 9, 1889 , Mikhailovsky Farm, Sumy County , Kharkov Province - January 27, 1973 , Belopolye , Sumy Region ) - Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church , Archbishop of Penza and Saransk .
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| December 16, 1969 - June 25, 1970 | ||
| Church | Russian Orthodox Church | |
| Predecessor | Polycarpus (Priymak) | |
| Successor | Melchizedek (Lebedev) | |
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| October 7, 1967 - December 16, 1969 | ||
| Predecessor | Alexy (Konoplev) (in / at) | |
| Successor | Nikolay (Kutepov) | |
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| October 3, 1963 - October 7, 1967 | ||
| Predecessor | Nikon (Lysenko) | |
| Successor | Michael (Resurrection) | |
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| May 29, 1963 - October 3, 1963 | ||
| Predecessor | Hermogenes (Golubev) | |
| Successor | Nikolay (Kutepov) | |
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| December 9, 1958 - May 29, 1963 | ||
| Predecessor | Roman (Tang) | |
| Successor | Leonid (Lobachev) | |
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| November 17, 1953 - December 9, 1958 | ||
| Predecessor | Arseny (Krylov) | |
| Successor | Nikon (Lysenko) | |
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| December 27, 1951 - November 17, 1953 | ||
| Predecessor | Eustratius (Podolsky) | |
| Successor | Innocent (Leoferov) | |
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| September 30, 1945 - December 27, 1951 | ||
| Election | September 8, 1945 | |
| Predecessor | Cornelius (Popov) | |
| Successor | Eustratius (Podolsky) | |
| Birth name | Nikolai Ivanovich Prokhorov | |
| Birth | March 9, 1889 Mikhailovsky Farm, Sumy County , Kharkov Province , Russian Empire | |
| Death | January 27, 1973 ( 83) Belopolie city, Sumy region , USSR , USSR | |
| Deacon consecration | June 28, 1915 | |
| Monasticism | September 28, 1945 | |
| Episcopal consecration | September 30, 1945 | |
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Biography
Born on March 9, 1889 in the Mikhailovsky farm of the Sumy region in the family of an employee of a refinery.
In 1910 he graduated from the Kursk Theological Seminary in the first category with the title of student of the seminary.
From 1910 to 1912 he was a teacher of the Law of God in a private girls' gymnasium in the Ekaterinoslav province.
In 1912-1914 he attended two courses of the Moscow Commercial Institute.
On June 28, 1915, with the blessing of the Archbishop of Kursk and Oboyansk, Tikhon (Vasilevsky), Bishop of Belgorod Nicodemus (Kononov) was ordained deacon and then as presbyter of the same bishop to the Assumption Church in the village of Voshchinino, Kursk diocese.
In 1916-1917 he served as the law teacher of the Zemstvo and parochial schools in the same village.
In 1928 he carried the duties of rector of the Transfiguration Church in the city of Belopol (currently the territory of the Sumy diocese). He was awarded the rank of archpriest.
On April 23, 1938 he was repressed and served his sentence (five years) in the Far Eastern camps. In 1943 he was widowed.
Since July 1944, he again served in the city of Belopolye as rector of the cathedral church in honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
On September 8, 1945, by decree of Patriarch Alexy I and the Holy Synod, Archpriest Nikolai Prokhorov, tonsured as a monk, was determined to be bishop of Sumy and Akhtyrsky .
September 28, 1945 in the St. Anthony's Church of Kiev (Neighboring) Caves, the confessor of the Kiev Lavra Brotherhood, Archimandrite Kronid, was tonsured a monk with the name Illarion in the Kiev Pechersk Lavra .
On September 29, in the church of the Mikhailovsky Monastery in Kiev, at the end of the liturgy at 4 p.m., Hieromonk Hilarion was bishop of Sumy and Akhtyr. The orders were made by the Patriarchal Exarch of Ukraine, Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia John (Sokolov) , Archbishop of Kharkov and Bogodukhovsky Stefan (Protsenko) and Bishop of Vinnitsa and Bratslavsky Varlaam (Borisevich) [1] .
On September 30 of the same year, he was ordained bishop in the Vladimir Cathedral of Kiev. The consecration was performed by the Patriarchal Exarch of Ukraine, Metropolitan of Kiev and Galitsky John (Sokolov), Archbishop of Kharkov and Bogodukhovsky Stefan (Protsenko) and Bishop of Vinnitsa and Bratslavsky Barlaam (Borisevich) [1] .
In 1947, the Soviet government awarded Bishop Hilarion with the medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."
Since December 27, 1951 - Bishop of Kirovograd and Nikolaev .
Since November 17, 1953 - Bishop of Ufa and Sterlitamak .
February 25, 1957 was elevated to the rank of archbishop .
Since December 9, 1958 - Archbishop of Ivanovo and Kinesham .
Since May 29, 1963 - Archbishop of Omsk and Tyumen [2] .
After serving in Siberia for less than six months, Archbishop Hilarion remained in the memory of the Siberians as a blessed and child-loving archpastor, who worked without sparing his strength, completely devoting himself to the great church service in the name of Christ. His Eminence Hilarion was loved for zealous worship and for unusually lively, clear and convincing sermons.
October 3, 1963 re-appointed to the Ufa Department .
Since October 7, 1967 - Archbishop of Rostov and Novocherkassk .
Since December 16, 1969 - Archbishop of Penza and Saransk .
June 25, 1970 was put to rest, returned to Belopol.
Living alone in Belopol, he often visited the temple, where he served as a priest. I used the love and reverence of the worshipers. On big holidays, he came to pray and receive Holy Communion of Christ Secrets in Sumy , in the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior.
January 27, 1973, in the 84th year of life, peacefully rested about the Lord. He was buried in Sumy, at the Central City Cemetery near the altar of the Peter and Paul Church.
Literature
- John (Snychev), archbishop. Russian Orthodox Hierarchs from the period from 1966 to 1975 inclusive. 1976. Part 1. S. 150-151.
- Danshin Sergius, Prot. Archbishop Hilarion (Prokhorov) // ZhMP. 1973. No. 4. P. 18.
- From the life of dioceses // ZhMP. 1963. No. 12, p. 16.
- Definitions of the Holy Synod // ZhMP. 1963. No. 11. P. 3.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Appointments to the bishop's departments (inaccessible link) // ZhMP , No. 10 October 1945
- ↑ Definitions of the Holy Synod // ZhMP 1963. No. 7. p. 9.
Links
- Hilarion (Prokhorov) on the site Russian Orthodoxy
- Hilarion (Prokhorov) in the PSTGU Database
- Famous Belopolchians - ARCHIEPISCOPE HILARION (NIKOLAI PROKHOROV)