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Venerable Sergius (Srebryansky) the New Confessor of Tver
Also known as Sergius Srebryansky · Mitrofan Srebryansky · Sergius the New Confessor of Tver
A married parish priest and army chaplain, Mitrofan Srebryansky became confessor of the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent and was later tonsured the monk Sergius. Repeatedly arrested and exiled under the Soviets, he endured imprisonment with faith and reposed in 1948.
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Glorified among the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia (canonized 2000). Reposed 1948 at Vladychnya, Tver province.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints; stjohndc.org