Nicodemus Krotkov
Archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Church (1868–1938) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vasilyevich and the family name is Krotkov.
Nicodemius (Russian: Никодим; born Nikolai Vasilyevich Krotkov (Russian: Николай Васильевич Кротков); 29 November [O.S. 17 November] 1868 – 21 August 1938) was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, later the Archbishop of Kostroma and Galich.
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Metropolis of Kiev and Galicia Archbishop of Kostroma and Galich | |
Church | Russian Orthodox Church |
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Installed | 7 February 1918 |
Predecessor | Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky) |
Successor | Antony (Khrapovitsky) |
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Born | Nikolai Vasilyevich Krotkov (1868-11-29)29 November 1868 Pogreshino, Russian Empire (now Kostroma Oblast, Russia) |
Died | 21 August 1938(1938-08-21) (aged 69) Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
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He christmated Pavlo Skoropadskyi as Hetman of Ukraine on 29 April 1918 in the Saint Sophia Cathedral. During the Revolutionary period in Ukraine 1917-1920 he served as a Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia as a vicar to the murdered by Bolsheviks Metropolitan Vladimir. In 2000 he was recognized as a hieromartyr by the Russian Orthodox Church.