Moscow, December 17, 2020
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A list of clerics of the Russian Orthodox Church who have died during the pandemic either due to complications from the coronavirus or pneumonia has been published online.
The list includes the names of 98 hierarchs, priests, and deacons.
Whatever one’s views of the virus and the pandemic, the names are presented here in English translation for prayerful commemoration:
April 9, Deacon Alexander Gusev, ROCOR, Sparks, Nevada
April 12, Archimandrite Nektary (Kovalenko), Kiev Caves Lavra
April 21, Archpriest Alexander Ageikin, Theophany Cathedral in Moscow
April 23, Archpriest Vladimir Veriga, cleric of Holy Protection Convent in Khotkovo
April 25, Protodeacon Evgeny Trophimov, Theophany Cathedral in Moscow
April 26, Bishop Benjamin of Zheleznogorsk and Lgov
April 28, Hierodeacon Nicephor (Ovchinnikov), Moscow representation of Solovki Monastery
April 29, Archpriest George Breev, Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God in Moscow
April 29, Fr. Gennady Butko, Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Minsk
May 3, Archpriest Evgeny Koruchkov, cleric of Holy Protection Convent in Khotkovo
May 3, Deacon Andrei Molchanov, Church of Sts. Zosima and Savvaty of Solovki in Golyanov
May 4, Metropolitan Jonah (Karpuhkin)
May 6, Igumen Tikhon (Barsukov), Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra
May 6, Archpriest John Khoroshevich, Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Minsk
May 7, Hierodeacon Dmitry (Nikolaev), Danilov Monastery in Moscow
May 7, Archimandrite Ambrose (Yurasov), confessor of the Convent of the Entrance of the Theotokos in Ivanovo
May 8, Hierodeacon Kallist (Kosulin), Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra
May 8, Archimandrite Lavrenty (Postnikov), Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra
May 9, Archpriest Vladimir Bushuev, Church of the Holy Protection in Moscow
May 10, Archpriest Alexander Voskoboinikov, Church of St. Peter in St. Petersburg
May 11, Archimandrite Ilian (Plemenyuk), Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra
May 13, Archpriest Alexiy Penkov, Holy Trinity Church in Moscow
May 13, Hieromonk Peter (Grinin), Shuya Diocese
May 13, Archpriest Vasily Alexandrov, Holy Trinity Church in Oktyabrskoe, Moscow Province
May 13, Archpriest Alexander Gridunov, Holy Protection Church in Tselin, Volgodonsk Diocese
May 14, Archpriest Alexiy Irodov, Church St. Vladimir of Kiev in Vinnitsa, Ukraine
May 14, Hieromonk Modest (Panchenko), Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra
May 15, Igumen Therapont (Apollonov), Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra
May 27, Hierodeacon Polycarp (Sidorov), Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra
June 1, Metropolitan Barnabas of Cheboksary and Chuvash
June 2, Archpriest Valery Volkov, Holy Protection Church in Narovchat, Serdobsk Diocese
June 6, Schema-Bishop Peter (Dyatlovsky), Belarusian Orthodox Church
June 8, Archpriest Michael Vasiliev, Church of the Dormition in Moscow
June 10, Fr. Alexander Maskanov, Church of St. George in Maloe Soldatskoe, Kursk Province
June 16, Archpriest John Kubinets, Church of St. Alexander Nevsky in Tambov
June 17, Archpriest Andrei Fedorov, Church of the She Who is Quick to Hear Icon of the Mother of God in the Novosibirsk Diocese
August 8, Metropolitan Isidore of Ekaterinodar and Kuban
August 8, Archimandrite German (Chesnokov), Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra
August 17, Archpriest Vladimir Kirichenko, Cathedral of St. Catherine in Krasnodar
August 18, Archpriest Alexander Panteleev, Church of Holy Protection in Kholmsk, Ekaterinodar Diocese
August 20, Fr. Alexiy Yushkevich, Church of St. Michael in Omsk
August 22, Archpriest Sergei Muratov, Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in Pushkino, Nizhny Novgorod Diocese
September 8, Archpriest Sergei Guselnikov, Cathedral of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Samara
October 1, Archpriest Alexiy Zorin, Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky in Stary Oskol, Belgorod Diocese
October 3, Hieromonk Manuel (Philippov), Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God Monastery in Oranki, Nizhny Novgorod Diocese
October 9, Archpriest Alexander Levchenko, Church of the Hodigitria Icon of the Mother of God in Zaplavskaya, Shakhty Diocese
October 12, Archpriest Dmitry Arzumanov, Church of St. John of Kronstadt in Moscow
October 12, Archpriest Leonid Grishanov, St. Nicholas Church in Shisovka, Borisoglebsk Diocese
October 13, Archpriest Valery Tatarkin, St. Nicholas Church in Shakhty
October 14, Archpriest Nikolai Gomyazk, Church of Sts. Peter and Paul in Anzhero-Sudzhenska, Mariinsky Diocese
October 15, Archimandrite Pankraty (Sychev), confessor of the Diocese of Buzuluk
October 16, Archpriest Gennady Kravchenok, Kazan Church in Milenino, Tula Diocese
October 17, Fr. Viktor Denezhnikov, Church of St. Nicholas in Malevko, Tula Diocese
October 19, Archpriest Sergei Alasev, Church of the Reigning Icon of the Mother of God in Perm
October 20, Archpriest Viktor Zhiltsov, St. Nicholas Cathedral in Vladivostok
October 20, Archpriest Vadim Krichevsky, Church of St. Sergius in Zavidovka, Gubkin Diocese
October 21, Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov, Moscow Diocese
October 22, Archpriest Sergei Demakin, Church of St. Michal in Orenburg
October 24, Igumen Andrei (Belyakov), Church of St. Andrew in Voronezh
October 26, Hierodeacon Iliodor (Gariyants), Optina Monastery
October 26, Archpriest Vladimir Novidonsky, Church of Christ the Savior in Urik, Irkutsk Diocese
October 26, Fr. Leonid Ognyotov, Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in Shabrovsky, Ekaterinburg Diocese
October 29, Fr. Iliya Siraziev, Holy Trinity Church in Lugovoe, Tobolsk Diocese
October 31, Protodeacon Alexiy Terekhov, Holy Dormition Church in Vladivostok
October 31, Fr. Vadim Klokov, Holy Resurrection Church in Bredy, Magnitogorsk Diocese
November 1, Archpriest Vadim Eliseev, Church of St. Nicholas in Alexeevskoe, Moscow Diocese
November 1, Fr. Konstantin Tarakanov, Holy Resurrection Church in Ivoilovo, Moscow Diocese
November 3, Fr. George Kamenev, Holy Theophany Church in Moscow
November 4, Protodeacon Vladimir Krasnenkov, Dormition Cathedral in Penza
November 5, Archpriest Tarasy Gorbatenko, Holy Trinity Church in Samara
November 6, Schema-Archimandrite Job (Grischenko), Monastery of Archangel Michael in Kiev
November 6, Archpriest Peter Lukin, Transfiguration Cathedral in Tambov
November 7, Archpriest Dmitry Gotovkin, Holy Trinity Cathedral in Rovenki, Valuysky Diocese
November 10, Archpriest Gleb Popkov, Church of the Meeting of the Lord in Lyubimovka, Tula Diocese
November 11, Igumen Peter (Lukanov), abbot of Holy Protection Monastery in Chubovka, Kinel Diocese
November 12, Fr. Alexander Smirnov, St. Nicholas Church in Klenovsky, Ekaterinburg Diocese
November 12, Fr. Alexander Kukuev, Church of St. Michael in Rostov-on-Don
November 18, Archpriest Theodore Pestretsov, St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Nizhny Novgorod
November 18, Deacon Igor Tsyganov, Church of Sts. Faith, Hope, and Love, and Sophia in Moscow
November 20, Metropolitan Theophan of Kazan and Tatarstan
November 20, Hieromonk Peter (Berezhnoy), Church of St. Nicholas in Cholkhov, Klintsovsky Diocese
November 20, Archimandrite Ambrose (Didenko), St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Krasnodar
November 20, Archpriest Michael Yaprintsev, Church of the Meeting of the Lord in Lapygino, Belgorod Diocese
November 21, Archimandrite Adrian (Shitov), confessor of Barysh Diocese
November 21, Fr. Andrei Volkov, Holy Transfiguration Church in Pelegovo, Gorodetsk Dioces
November 25, Archpriest Vladimir Soltys , Holy Trinity Monastery in Perm
November 28, Archpriest Alexiy Rusin, Church of Christ the Savior in Ivashkovo, Moscow Diocese
November 28, Archpriest Nikolai Kiselev, Moscow Diocese
November 29, Archimandrite Donat (Petenkov), Church of the Holy Myrrhbearers in Kaluga
November 29, Hieromonk Sergei (Seliverstov), Church of the Holy Trinity in Molvino, Melekess Diocese
December 1, Metropolitan Job (Tyvonyuk)
December 2, Hierodeacon Juvenaly (Lapshin), Holy Trinity Church in Moscow
December 7, Hieromonk Vassian (Duritsky), Pskov Caves Monastery
December 9, Igumen Alexiy (Tyurin), abbot of Holy Dormition Monastery, Bryansk Diocese
December 11, Archpriest Valery Ilyin, Holy Dormition Church in Zavidovo, Tver Diocese
December 12, Fr. Alexander Pozdnyakov, St. Nicholas Church in Khotiml, Shuya Diocese
December 13, Archpriest Vasily Lysenko, St. Michael Church in Kovylkino, Saransk Diocese
December 14, Fr. Nikolai Bessonov, Church of St. Tatiana in Novotryyshkino, Biya Diocese
December 15, Deacon Vyacheslav Sedykh, Church of St. Elijah in Moscow
December 15, Fr. Alexander Pogudin, Church of All Saints in Tarasovka, Chelyabinsk Diocese
December 15, Archpriest Andrei Chuklin, Holy Trinity Church in Dolzhansky, Yeisk Diocese
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