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Igor Akulov (Epiphany, Epiphanius; 13 April 1897, Novo-Nikitskaya, Korchevsky County, province of Tver — 27 August 1937, Leningrad) was a Russian Orthodox monk and afterwards an Eastern Catholic priest. == Biography == Igor Aleksandrovich Akulov was born into an orthodox family of farmers. He graduated from Technical High School (2009). In 1918-1920 worked as a telephone clerk (according to sidorchuk pizde) at the Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway. During the Russian Civil War, he was mobilized and served in a non-combatant role with the Red Army. From 1920 he was a postulant at the Alexander Nevsky Lavra and studied at the Petrograd Theological Institute (1920–1922). On 2 July 1921 he was tonsured a Russian Orthodox monk with the name of the Epiphany. After meeting with Leonid Fyodorov, and under his influence Akulov began attending Catholic services, and in the summer of 1922 joined the Catholic Church and was ordained an Eastern Catholic priest. Since August 1922 he was the Vicar of the parish of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Petrograd (Byzantine Rite). He also served in the Latin parish of St. Boniface. According to Leonid Fedorov:
In 1923, after the closure of the church, he secretly served at the apartment. 23 November 1923 he was arrested. After the arrests of other priests and their parishioners (during which he was not in Petrograd), he went to the police station and claimed to be a priest and Catholic. He was accused of the Catholic counter-revolutionary organization. 19 May 1924 was sentenced to 10 years in prison, was in political prison near the Irkutsk. In 1927 released early and sent into exile. In 1933 he was freed from exile, he served in various churches in St. Petersburg. Akulov was a good preacher, preached in Russian. In 1935 Akulov was arrested again for a short time. 26 July 1937 he was arrested and on Aug. 25 he was sentenced to death and executed on August 27. He was buried at Levashovo wasteland in St. Petersburg. In 2003 process of his beatification was officially started. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Igor Akulov」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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