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New Hieromartyr Peter (Polyansky) Metropolitan of Krutitsy

Also known as Peter Polyansky

Metropolitan of Krutitsy and locum tenens of the patriarchal throne who suffered imprisonment and martyrdom in the Soviet persecution.

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Metropolitan of Krutitsy and locum tenens of the patriarchal throne who suffered imprisonment and martyrdom in the Soviet persecution.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints