Prokofy Ivanovich Manzhura (1873-1949) - Adventist preacher, head of the Church of the Faithful Adventists of the Seventh Day of the Reformation Movement in Russia from 1936 to 1949. His predecessor Heinrich Ostwald .
| Prokofy Ivanovich Manzhur | |
|---|---|
| Religion | Seventh-day Adventist Church |
| Flow | Adventists of the Seventh Day of the Reformation Movement |
| Position | supervisor |
| Period | 1936 - 1949 |
| Date of Birth | 1873 |
| Place of Birth | Volchya Balka village, Kirovohrad region, Ukraine |
| Date of death | 1949 |
| A country |  the USSR |
| Predecessors | Heinrich Adamovich Ostwald |
| Followers | Vladimir Andreevich Shelkov |
Prokofy Ivanovich Manzhura was born in 1870 in the village of Volchya Balka, in the Kirovograd region in Ukraine. 1914 - being a biblical worker arrested for the Adventist faith and exiled to Yeniseisk for 25 years. 1917 - amnestied due to the revolution in Russia. Before the retreat, the ASD was the chairman of the Voronezh field and a member of the All-Union Council of ASD. Since 1921 - served the field of Russia and Ukraine. 1924 - at the Fifth Congress, he was a delegate from the Southern Region. Union (Caucasus, with a center in Rostov). 1936 - was appointed chairman of the WASD. P.I. Manzhura spent 13 years in this post. 1945 - 1946 - was in bonds together with V.A. Silk in the Caucasus. 1949 - December 3, died at the 80th year of life in a prison hospital in the Gorky region at the Sukhobezvodnaya station.
After his death, V.A.Shelkov became the head of the VASD.
Links
- Novoignatievskaya Adventist community in the Donetsk region celebrated a century .
- Belkin V.V. Fall Path. The history of the SDA church in dates, acts, quotes. . - Lutsk, 2008.
- Melnichuk V. Manzhura Prokopiy Ivanovich // Praise and mourn. - Bukrek, 2005 .-- 352 p.