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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Hieromartyr

Andrew Bragin

A hieromartyr of the Russian Church who died for the faith in 1918.

Feast
October 4old style October 17
Reposed
191820th century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Hieromartyr Andrew Bragin was a priest in the village of Chirki-⁠Bebkeevy, in the Tetyushi district, and was killed in 1918.

He was born in 1872, finished the teachers' school and was a priest from 1902. While serving in the village of Ayevashevo, in the Spassk district, he was tried by the Spassk revolutionary tribunal for not recognizing and not obeying Soviet power; from 10 May he spent six months in prison. He then wrote to Metropolitan Jacob a report about the sentence. The efforts of the Diocesan Council led to his release; to shield him from further persecution he was moved to Chirki-⁠Bebkeevy, where he was killed soon afterwards.

He is honoured in the Synaxis of the Saints of Kazan, on 4 October by the old calendar (17 October by the new).

Commemorated the same day October 4