Joseph Baranov

Holy Venerable Martyr Joseph Baranov was a hieromonk at the dependency of the Tolga monastery in the city of Rybinsk and was killed in 1918. The Russian Church has glorified him among the new martyrs.

He was born in 1861. It is known that he served at the dependency of the Tolga monastery near Yaroslavl, in the city of Rybinsk in Yaroslavl province, and that he even carried out the duties of head of this dependency. On 20 August 1918 Father Joseph was taken from the dependency, and the next day he was found killed on the bank of the river Cheremkha. The news that he had been shot by the godless authorities was given to the Commission on the persecution of the Russian Church by members of the Yaroslavl diocesan council.

He was canonized by the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000, by decree of the Holy Synod of 17 July 2001. He is commemorated on 7 February (a movable day), in the Synaxis of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church, on 5 June in the Synaxis of the Saints of Rostov and Yaroslavl, and on 2 September, in new style.