Martin Antonenko
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A Priests Life ...
On December 3, 1937, the Russian Orthodox Bishop Makarios is executed in Podolsk ...:
Makarios, born on October 1, 1875 under the name of Geigory Karmazin, the son of a surveyor, had been a priest of the village of Bandyshevka Yampolsky since his ordination on April 21, 1900.
He participated in World War I as a regiment spope of the 125th Infantry Regiment (Vladikavkaz) and was seriously wounded on March 2nd, 1915. He was only able to resume work on September 8th.
He was made archpriest for his personal courage. He ended his career as a regimental chaplain with the 729th Infantry Regiment.
Makarios remained steadfastly loyal to the Orthodox Church even after the October Revolution. In 1922, when the church was still relatively free to govern and rule, he was appointed bishop of Uman.
The man must have had great courage, because the new rulers knew absolutely no restraint when it came to breaking the power of the church or its dignitaries, since they (not entirely wrongly, by the way!) The church as an essential power factor of tsarism and of course saw the Orthodox faith as superstition.
In his new office, Makarios quickly came into conflict with the new Bolshevik rulers, as expected, was arrested in 1923 and imprisoned in Kiev for four months.
He was barely free again and was appointed bishop of Yekatarinolslav (a suicide mission!), Where he was arrested again in 1927 (the state slowly but surely tightened the reins) and imprisoned in Kostroma.
On top of that:
On March 17, 1935, a special “court” of the NKVD sentenced him to exile in Kazakhstan for a period of five years. On the same day he was deported into exile in Raisa Rzhevskaya (Kazakhstan).
The next picture is from his NKVD file ...:
But that was not enough for the NKVD - on November 20, 1937, the bishop was charged with “anti-Soviet agitation”, brought to justice, sentenced to death and shot on December 3, 1937.
In 2000 he was canonized by the Orthodox Church for his steadfast behavior.
On December 3, 1937, the Russian Orthodox Bishop Makarios is executed in Podolsk ...:
Makarios, born on October 1, 1875 under the name of Geigory Karmazin, the son of a surveyor, had been a priest of the village of Bandyshevka Yampolsky since his ordination on April 21, 1900.
He participated in World War I as a regiment spope of the 125th Infantry Regiment (Vladikavkaz) and was seriously wounded on March 2nd, 1915. He was only able to resume work on September 8th.
He was made archpriest for his personal courage. He ended his career as a regimental chaplain with the 729th Infantry Regiment.
Makarios remained steadfastly loyal to the Orthodox Church even after the October Revolution. In 1922, when the church was still relatively free to govern and rule, he was appointed bishop of Uman.
The man must have had great courage, because the new rulers knew absolutely no restraint when it came to breaking the power of the church or its dignitaries, since they (not entirely wrongly, by the way!) The church as an essential power factor of tsarism and of course saw the Orthodox faith as superstition.
In his new office, Makarios quickly came into conflict with the new Bolshevik rulers, as expected, was arrested in 1923 and imprisoned in Kiev for four months.
He was barely free again and was appointed bishop of Yekatarinolslav (a suicide mission!), Where he was arrested again in 1927 (the state slowly but surely tightened the reins) and imprisoned in Kostroma.
On top of that:
On March 17, 1935, a special “court” of the NKVD sentenced him to exile in Kazakhstan for a period of five years. On the same day he was deported into exile in Raisa Rzhevskaya (Kazakhstan).
The next picture is from his NKVD file ...:
But that was not enough for the NKVD - on November 20, 1937, the bishop was charged with “anti-Soviet agitation”, brought to justice, sentenced to death and shot on December 3, 1937.
In 2000 he was canonized by the Orthodox Church for his steadfast behavior.
