12 Facts About Vladimir Bogoyavlensky

Vladimir Bogoyavlensky was appointed to the position of Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna between 1898 and 1912, Metropolitan of St Petersburg and Ladoga between 1912 and 1915, and the Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia between 1915 and 1918.

Vladimir Bogoyavlensky was Chairman of the Most Holy Synod.

Vladimir Bogoyavlensky then returned to Tambov to teach at his alma mater.

In 1888, Igumen Vladimir Bogoyavlensky was sent to St Petersburg as a vicar to assist the Metropolitan and was thereafter consecrated as a bishop.

For six years, from 1892, Vladimir Bogoyavlensky administered the Georgian Exarchate, paying special attention to the spiritual enlightenment of the multiethnic Orthodox population of the Caucasus, and opening new churches and parish schools.

In 1898, Bishop Vladimir Bogoyavlensky was summoned to Moscow where he was appointed Metropolitan of Moscow.

Metropolitan Vladimir Bogoyavlensky's address made a huge impression on those who confessed Russian Orthodoxy.

Vladimir Bogoyavlensky himself read his speech in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.

Vladimir Bogoyavlensky urged the Eastern Orthodox people to stand up against the Anti-Christ.

Vladimir Bogoyavlensky was Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich from 1915 to 1918.

Metropolitan Vladimir Bogoyavlensky was glorified as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992.

Vladimir Bogoyavlensky was the first bishop to suffer as a New Martyr under the Soviets.