Vladimir Bogoyavlensky
Vladimir Bogoyavlensky | |
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| Metropolitan and archbishop of Moscow | |
Bogoyavlensky in the 1910s | |
| Church | Russian Orthodox Church |
| See | Moscow |
| Installed | 1898 |
| Term ended | 1912 |
| Predecessor | Sergius I, Metropolitan of Moscow |
| Successor | Macarius (Nevsky) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vasily Nikiforovich Bogoyavlensky 1 January 1848 Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 7 February 1918 (aged 70) Ukraine |
Vladimir (Russian: Владимир), baptismal name: Vasily Nikiforovich Bogoyavlensky (Russian: Василий Никифорович Богоявленский; 1 January 1848 – 7 February [O.S. January 25] 1918), was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church. He 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. Murdered by Bolshevik soldiers in 1918, Metropolitan Vladimir was glorified as a Hieromartyr by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992.
He was Chairman (the leading member) of the Most Holy Synod (1912–1917).