Platon Rozhdestvensky


Platon
Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America
c.1907
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of the Aleutians and North America
In office1907–1914
1922–1934
PredecessorTikhon (Bellavin) (1907)
Alexander (Nemolovsky) (1922)
SuccessorEvdokim (Meschersky) (1914)
Theophilus (Pashkovsky) (1934)
Other post(s)Exarch of Georgia
Orders
OrdinationJanuary 6, 1887
ConsecrationJune 3, 1902
Personal details
Born
Porphyry Theodorovich Rozhdestvensky

February 11 [O.S. February 23] 1866
DiedApril 20, 1934(1934-04-20) (aged 68)
New York, New York
BuriedSaint Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary
DenominationEastern Orthodox
Spouse
(m. 1886; died 1891)
Children1
Alma materKiev Theological Academy

Platon Rozhdestvensky (Russian: Платон (Рождественский), romanized: Platón Rozhdestvenskij; February 11 [O.S. February 23] 1866 – April 20, 1934), born Porphyry Theodorovich Rozhdestvensky (Russian: Порфи́рий Фёдорович Рожде́ственский, romanized: Porfírij Fjodorovich Rozhdéstvenskij), was the Russian Orthodox Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America from 1907 to 1914 and again from 1922 to 1934. He was also remembered in Georgia as the last Russian Metropolitan of Georgia before its restoration of autocephaly in 1917.