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Surname, Name, Patronymic: Svyatin Leonid Viktorovich
Rank: Metropolitan
Date of Birth: August 2, 1893 XIX century
Date of Tonsure: June 30, 1921 XX century
Date of Consecration: October 6, 1932 XX century
Date of Repose: September 18, 1966 XX century
Church Affiliation: Russian Orthodox Church
from Boris Aleksandrov
Victor (Svyatin Leonid Viktorovich), Metropolitan of Krasnodar and Kuban. He was born on August 2, 1893, at Karagana station of Upper Urals region of Orenburg Province into a family of a deacon. In 1915 he finished the Orenburg Spiritual Seminary after which he entered Kazan Spiritual Academy. In his second year of studies he was transferred to Tbilisi Military School. He served as an army officer in the First World War. In 1918-1919, he emigrated to China, where on June 30, 1921, he was tonsured a monk at Beijing Holy Dormition Monastery of the Russian Spiritual Mission. On July 3, the same year he was made deacon. On July 7 he became a Hieromonk, and in August entered the Oriental Faculty of the Far East Institute in Vladivostok. On August 10, 1922, he became caretaker of the Holy Protection of the Theotokos church in Tianjin. On November 3, 1929, he was elevated to the rank of Archimandrite by Metropolitan Innokenty; On November 6, 1932, he was consecrated Bishop of Shanghai. After the repose of Bishop Simon, the Head of the Russian Spiritual Mission, he was appointed in his place of Bishop of Beijing and China, Head of the 24th Russian Spiritual Mission. He took part in the Chinese Mission from 1922.
Vladika Victor in a Beiguan park kepping.net
From 1936 till 1938 he undertook a far reaching trip to the Christian Malabar Coast in India and Ceylon, where he held talks with the local Christians aimed at their entrance into a united Church. In September 1938 he became an Archbishop. In 1945 he was received in communion by the Russian Orthodox Church. On July 25, 1946, he was rewarded with the right to wear a cross on his headgear. From August 17, 1950, he served as a Patriarchal Exarch of the Eastern Exarchate of the Moscow Patriarchate. On May 26, 1956, he crossed the border from China into the Soviet Union. On May 31, 1956, he was appointed Archbishop of Krasnodar and Kuban. On May 20, 1961, he was elevated to the rank of Metropolitan. In May 1963 he was awarded the St Vladimir medal of the first rank. He reposed in Krasnodar on September 18, 1966 after a short illness.
from archive of A. S. Ipatova
"Ascension of the Lord". "Zh.M.P." [Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate] 1961, № 5, pg. 43. "In the Motherland". "Zh.M.P." 1950, № 9, pg. 28-31. "Encyclica". "Zh.M.P." 1952, № 12, pg. 19-20.
"Zh.M.P." 1948, № 9, pg. 9. - " - 1950, № 9, pg. 28-31. - " - 1954, № 1, pg. 18. - " - 1956, № 7, pg. 13. - " - 1957, № 3, pg. 7. - " - 1958, № 2, pg. 18-19. - " - 1959, № 10, pg. 21. - " - 1961, № 1, pg. 39. - " - 1961, № 5, pg. 35, 43-44. - " - 1961, № 7, pg. 5. - " - 1961, № 8, pg. 31. - " - 1961, № 9, pg. 6. - " - 1962, № 12, pg. 11. - " - 1963, № 1, pg. 20, 28, 29. - " - 1963, № 2, pg. 16. - " - 1963, № 6, pg. 9, 10.
"Russian Orthodox Church" Moscow Patriarchate. 1958, pg. 147, 44. "Kitaisk. Blag." [Chinese Evangelist] 1947, VIII-IX, pg. 14-17, 26, 27, 37. "Journal of the Sessions of the Holy Synod" № 8 from 9. VII.1950. Bishop John (Snychev). "Composition of the Russian Orthodox Hierarchy 1966", pg.23. Remarks and additions. № 103. N. Rklickij, Zizneopisanie, V, 282-283. Irenikon 12(1936) 185. Prav. Rus' 1960, 15, 11. ? II 1966, 6, 1 (Nekrolog). Std0 1966, 11, 16-19.
Head of Russian Spiritual Mission in China
1933, XX century - XX century
of Beijing Diocese
1937, XX century - May 18/31, 1956, XX century
of Ekaterinodar Diocese
May 18/31, 1956, XX century - August 05/18, 1966, XX century
l2r: Archim. Fedor, Vl. Victor & Archim. Antony, abbot of Russian Mission in Jerusalem; in Palestine, 1936. "Beiguan", 1939. pp 116-117.
l2r: Vl. Victor, Archim. Fedor, Igumen Nafaniel "Beiguan", 1939. pp 102-103.
"Beiguan", 1939. pp 80-81.
Bishop Victor with the Chinese clergy in Shanghai. 1933 photo from Museum of Church Archaeology, MDPA
l2r: Fr. Nikolai Li (Shanghai); Fr. Ilia Wen (Shanghai); Abp Viktor; Protodeacon (later Archpriest) Vasily Du Protodeacon Evmeny Ying (from Harbin); photo from Abp HILARION of Sydney & Australia
front row from 4th from left: Abp Victor, Bp Yuvenaly group photo from "Orthodoxy in China", pg. 131
l2r: Archpriest Leonid Liu Archbishop Victor Bp Vasily of Beijing Pat Alexy of All Russia Abp Boris (Vik) Abp Andrei of Chernigov & Nezhinsk Archpriest Anikita Wang at His Holiness' summer residence in Odessa. kepping.net
1951 photoHuiren School, Beiguan
l2r: Bp Nikandr, Abp Victor, Bp Simeon Photo from Boris Aleksandrov
from DECR Archive in Moscow
Abp Victor with clergy in Qingdao pre-1942 photo from Museum of Church Archaeology, MDPA
Abp Victor and Archim. Theodore at the entrance to the bishop's residence. 1948 photo from Museum of Church Archaeology, MDPA
Farewell photo Abp Victor with dairy farm workers. l2r sitting: Mission secretary - M.A. Uspenski, unknown, Fr. Nikolai Li, Mission keyholder - Fr. Varsonofi, Abp. Victor, Archim. Vasily, Fr Leonid Liu, Mission Library Chief - Monk Seraphim. Beijing, Beiguan. May 19, 1956. kepping.net
photos from Yíhéwúlǎo