Tikhonov Boris Dmitrievich (Archbishop Innokenty)

Tikhonov Boris Dmitrievich (Archbishop Innokenty)

Genus. in 1889 in the city of Troitsk, Orenburg province. In 1915 he graduated from the Theological Academy in Petrograd. Since 1917 he has served in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. In 1922-1925. - Bishop of Ladoga, vicar of the Petrograd diocese. Arrested 06/01/1922. By resolution of the GPU dated January 4, 1923, he was sentenced to exile in Ust-Tsilma, Arkhangelsk province (later changed to Turkestan). After his release in 1925, he returned to Leningrad. Arrested 12/19/1925. On April 29, 1926, OS KOGPU was sentenced to 3 years of exile in Siberia on charges of “distributing literature of a counter-revolutionary nature.” Since 1930 - Bishop of Blagoveshchensk. Arrested in 1931. Sentenced by the OS Kogpu on December 2, 1931 to 3 years in a concentration camp for conducting Soviet propaganda. He was imprisoned in Belbaltlag, in 1933 he received shell shock, was released, and settled in Staraya Russa. Since 1933 - Bishop of Starorussky, vicar of the Novgorod diocese. Arrested 09/21/1934. The case was dismissed, released on November 14, 1934. Since 1937 - Archbishop of Vinnitsa. Arrested 10/29/1937. Sentenced to VMN. Shot in November 1937. Burial place - Vinnitsa. Rehabilitated on January 16, 1989. Rehabilitated on October 24, 1991 (in the 1925 case).