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New Hieromartyr Nicephorus (Kuchin) of Solovki

Also known as Nicephorus (Kuchin) · Nikifor Kuchin

Hieromonk of the Solovetsky Monastery who, with his abbot St. Benjamin, withdrew to a forest hermitage and was slain there in the persecution.

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Hieromonk of the Solovetsky Monastery who, with his abbot St. Benjamin, withdrew to a forest hermitage and was slain there in the persecution.

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Martyred 1928 with St. Benjamin (Kononov) of Solovki (OS-0941); glorified 2000. Among the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.

Sources: OrthodoxWiki; New Martyrs of Russia synaxarion