Archbishop Venedikt (in the world, Viktor Vasilievich Plotnikov ; October 25, 1872 , the village of Lizhma , Olonets Province - August 16, 1937 , Leningrad ) - Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church , from December 7, 1936 Archbishop of Kazan and Sviyazhsky .
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| December 20, 1936 - May 1937 | ||
| Predecessor | Seraphim (Alexandrov) | |
| Successor | Nikon (Purlevsky) | |
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| October 5, 1933 - September 5, 1936 | ||
| Predecessor | Alexy (Simansky) | |
| Successor | Sergius (Vasiliev) | |
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| June 16 - October 5, 1933 | ||
| Predecessor | Ambrose (Smirnov) | |
| Successor | Stefan (Znamyrovsky) | |
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| August 28, 1920 - June 16, 1933 | ||
| Predecessor | Melchizedek (Paevsky) | |
| Successor | Nazariy (Lavrinenko) | |
| Birth name | Victor Vasilievich Plotnikov | |
| Birth | Lizhma village, Kondopoga volost , Petrozavodsk district , Olonets province | |
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Biography
He graduated from the Olonets Theological Seminary ( 1893 ).
Since 1893, he was a psalmist at the Petrozavodsk Cathedral and a teacher of singing at a religious school.
July 20, 1894 marries Lydia Malinovskaya, daughter of a teacher at the Petrozavodsk Theological College.
Since August 15, 1894 - a priest of the Petrozavodsk Cathedral.
In 1895 - 1898 - priest of the Vytegorsky Resurrection Cathedral.
In 1902 he graduated from the St. Petersburg Theological Academy with a degree of candidate of theology .
In 1902-1918 , he was the law teacher and rector of the Petrograd Pavlovsky Women's Institute Church and the law teacher of various educational institutions.
In 1918 he served in the St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral in Kronstadt.
In 1919-1920 - the foreman of St. Isaac's Cathedral in Petrograd.
Widowed, in 1919 he became a monk.
In May 1920 he was arrested, then released.
Since August 28, 1920 - Bishop of Kronstadt, Vicar of the Diocese of Petrograd (Metropolitan Veniamin (Kazan) headed the consecration).
In 1922 he was arrested in the case "on resistance to the seizure of church property ." He was one of the defendants at the trial, Metropolitan Benjamin and other Petrograd church leaders, sentenced to death, which was replaced by five years in prison. November 30, 1923 released.
From January 9, 1924 he ruled the Olonets diocese , in February 1924 - December 1925 - the diocese of Petrograd.
He actively fought against the Renovationist movement , was a decisive opponent of compromises with the Renovationists, advocated by part of the patriarchal clergy, including the famous Leningrad archpriest Nikolai Chukov . He issued anti-renewal appeals addressed to the clergy and laity of the Diocese of Petrograd. When, at the insistence of the diocesan council, Vladyka Venedikt met with the renovationist hierarch Nikolai Platonov, he stated that
without the permission of the center, he has no right to enter into negotiations, and that the Synod should first agree with Metropolitan Pyotr Krutitsky . And there is no particular need to talk about reconciliation: those who want peace can always receive it by repenting of their errors.
On December 18, 1925 he was again arrested in the case of the “illegal Council of Bishops”. April 26, 1926 sentenced to three years of exile in Siberia . While in exile, he supported the Declaration of the Deputy Patriarchal Locum Tenens Metropolitan Sergius (Stragorodsky) .
In April 1929, released from exile, lived in Nizhny Novgorod .
Since 1931 - manager of the Vologda diocese (with the title of Bishop of Kronstadt).
April 4, 1933 elevated to the rank of archbishop .
Since June 16, 1933 - Archbishop of Vologda and Totemsky .
Since October 5, 1933 - Archbishop of Novgorod .
In 1934, summoned to the summer session of the Provisional Patriarchal Holy Synod [1] . In the same year, he supported the construction of the Deputy Patriarchal Locum Tenens, Metropolitan Sergius (Stragorodsky), to the dignity of Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomensky, sending a report on May 10, in which he wrote: “Shortly before that, I received another Decree on calling me for meetings in the interim Patriarchal Synod at summer session. I bring you my deepest gratitude also for this new sign of your gracious attention to my unworthiness and I will try to justify it, as far as my strength and ability are enough. This was a greater surprise for me and caused me many perplexed questions related to my upcoming dispensation in a new place of my temporary stay in the sense of accommodation and maintenance. I know that in private houses it is now very difficult to find a decent room for a little bit, but Vladyka Alexy, m [itropolitan] Leningradsky encouraged and assured me that this question, with your favorable participation and assistance, could be arranged in a benevolent sense <...> everything is fine with me so far, thank God! The weather is extremely warm, good and favorable, everything blooms and smells sweet. I hope to see you soon and personally greet you ” [2] .
On September 5, 1936, he was fired at rest (apparently due to the deprivation of his registration by the civil authorities as a “minister of worship”).
Since December 20, 1936 - Archbishop of Kazan and Sviyazhsky .
On February 28, 1937, he was arrested in Kazan as “the ideological inspirer and organizer of the counter-revolutionary organization of churchmen that had existed in the Leningrad region since 1932.” He was transferred to Leningrad, where he was sentenced to death and executed.
Literature
- Bagdasarova Zh.R., Shkarovsky M.V. Benedict (Plotnikov) // Orthodox Encyclopedia. T. VII. S. 580-582 ("Peterhof autocephaly" in the article erroneously called Petrograd autocephaly).
Notes
- ↑ http://www.sedmitza.ru/data/2011/04/03/1233680879/08_dokumenty_mp.pdf
- ↑ Documents of the Moscow Patriarchate: 1934 . / Publ. and comment. A.K. Galkina // Bulletin of Church History . 2010. No. 3/4 (19/20). p. 169-252.