Roman Catholic
St Sigismund parish
05-507 Słomczyn
85 Wiślana Str.
Konstancin deanery
Warsaw archdiocese, Poland
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Martyrology of the clergy — Poland
XX century (1914 – 1989)
personal data
surname
SMOLENIEC
forename(s)
Alexander (pl. Aleksander)
religious forename(s)
Arsenius (pl. Arseniusz)
function
archbishop
creed
Eastern Orthodox Churchmore on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2014.09.21]
diocese / province
Orthodox Semipalatinsk eparchymore on
ru.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.09.24]
Orthodox Oryol-Sevsk eparchymore on
drevo-info.ru
[access: 2020.09.24]
Orthodox Tavrichesk-Simferopol eparchy
Orthodox Stalingrad eparchymore on
drevo-info.ru
[access: 2020.09.24]
Orthodox Minsk eparchymore on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.09.24]
Orthodox Saratov eparchymore on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.09.24]
Orthodox Rostov-Taganrog eparchymore on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.09.24]
Orthodox Yekaterinoslav eparchymore on
drevo-info.ru
[access: 2020.09.24]
Orthodox Tver eparchymore on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.09.24]
Orthodox Vladikaukaz eparchymore on
drevo-info.ru
[access: 2020.09.24]
academic distinctions
Law Candidate
Sacred Orthodox Theology Candidate
date and place
of death
19.12.1937
Taganrogtoday: Rostov oblast, Russia
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alt. dates and places
of death
19.02.1937, 1940, 1941
details of death
In 1918 in Taganrog avoided death from Bolshevic Russian sailors.
On 19‑24.05.1919, during civil war in Russia, participated in South–East Orthodox Chuch Council in Stavropol, on the territories under control of monarchist forces of Gen. Denikin.
In 1922 objected to the so‑called Live Church schismatic group attempting to take over the rule of the eparchy he ministered in.
Arrested by the Russian Bolshevik authorities and on 30.08.1922 sentenced to death.
The sentence got reduced to 10 years in slave labour concentration camps.
Sent to Solovetsky Islands concentration camp.
Released in 1925.
On 11.08.1931 bishop of Oryel–Sevsk eparchy but prevented from taking it over.
In 1933 arrested by the Russians in Stalingrad.
From now on in exile — among others in Borisoglebsk in 1934.
In 1935 nominated bishop of Semipalatinsk eparchy — again prevent from exercising his duties.
Perished in exile.
cause of death
extermination
perpetrators
Russians
date and place
of birth
21.07.1873
Warsawtoday: Warsaw city pov., Masovia voiv., Poland
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religious vows
23.03.1902 (permanent)
presbyter (holy orders)
ordination
08.06.1902 (Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Sankt Petersburgmore on
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[access: 2023.06.12])
positions held
17.09.1935
bishop {dioc.: Semipalatinsk (Orthodox eparchy)}, nominee when still in exile — prevented from taking over the position in Kazakhstan by the Russian communists
from 1932
pensioner among others in Stalingrad, where in 1933 was arrested and exiled deep into Russia
11.08.1931
bishop {dioc.: Oryol–Sevsk (Orthodox eparchy)}, nominee, unable take the position
25.06.1930 – 1931
bishop {Simferopoltoday: Simferopol city rai., Crimea Aut. Rep., Ukraine
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[access: 2020.09.24]; dioc.: Crimea (Orthodox eparchy)}
01.11.1927 – 25.06.1930
bishop {Stalingradtoday: Volgograd, Volgograd oblast, Russia
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[access: 2022.02.14]; dioc.: Stalingrad (Orthodox eparchy)}
from 01.11.1927
archbishop {Russian Orthodox Church}
13.07.1927 – 12.09.1927
bishop {Minsktoday: Minsk city reg., Belarus
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[access: 2020.07.31]; dioc.: Minsk (Orthodox eparchy)}
10.1925 – 1927
bishop {Saratovtoday: Saratov oblast, Russia
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[access: 2022.02.04]; dioc.: Saratov (Orthodox eparchy)}, assumed the position after his release from prison and concentration camp
from c. 24.05.1919
bishop {Rostów nad Donemtoday: Rostov oblast, Russia; dioc.: Rostov–Taganrog (Orthodox eparchy)}, elected on 19‑25.05.1919, at the South–Eastern Russian Orthodox Church Council in Stavropol, held on the territory then controlled by the „white” government of General Anthony Denikin, which was fighting the Bolsheviks („Reds”) — held this post practically until his arrest by the Bolsheviks in 1922; also: elected member of the Provisional Higher Church Administration of Southeastern Russia (VWTSU Southeastern)
07.09.1917 – c. 19.05.1919
auxiliary bishop {Taganrogtoday: Rostov oblast, Russia
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[access: 2020.09.24], vicariate; dioc.: Ekaterinoslav and Mariupol (Orthodox eparchy)}, known as eparch of Taganrog and Azov Upland
17.04.1912 – 07.09.1917
auxiliary bishop {Staritsatoday: Staritsa reg., Tver oblast, Russia
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[access: 2023.06.12], vicariate; dioc.: Tver–Kashin (Orthodox eparchy)}, in the spring of 1917, after the fall of tsarism, a non–canonical congress elected him the successor of the bishop of Tver, entrusting him with the administration of the eparchy
1910 – 1912
auxiliary bishop {Pyatigorsktoday: Pyatigorsk reg., Stavropol Krai, Russia
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[access: 2022.07.16], vicariate; dioc.: Vladikavkaz (Orthodox eparchy)}, also: prior of the St Simon the Canaanite New Athos monastery in New Aton, Abkhazia
22.10.1910
Bishop {Russian Orthodox Church}, chirotony, i.e. bishop's ordination, in Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Sankt Petersburg
1907
rector {Byalynichytoday: Byalynichy dist., Mogilev reg., Belarus
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[access: 2023.06.12], Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary monastery; dioc.: Mogilev (Orthodox eparchy)}
1905 – 1907
rector {Ardontoday: Ardon urban, Ardon reg., North Ossetia–Alania rep., Russia
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[access: 2023.06.12], Orthodox Alexandrovsky Theological Seminary}
from 06.07.1905
Archimandrite, i.e. superior abbot {Russian Orthodox Church}
1903 – 1905
inspector {Kievtoday: Kiev city rai., Kiev city, Ukraine
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[access: 2023.03.02], Orthodox Theological Seminary}, also: cathedral monk of the Pechora Lavra Monastery
1902 – 1903
professor {Klevantoday: Klevan hrom., Rivne rai., Rivne, Ukraine
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[access: 2021.09.17], Orthodox Theological School}, lecturer in sacred history; also: deputy superintendent
from 08.06.1902
hieromonk {Russian Orthodox Church}, hierodeacon ordination on 08.06.1902
1900 – 1902
student {Kazantoday: Kazan city reg., Tatarstan rep., Russia
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[access: 2022.02.04], theology, Orthodox Theological Academy}, postgraduate specialised studies crowned with Sacred Theology Candidate's degree
1899 – 1900
student {Kazantoday: Kazan city reg., Tatarstan rep., Russia
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[access: 2022.02.04], Orthodox Theological Academy}, unassociated participant
1897 – 1899
junior controller {Warsawtoday: Warsaw city pov., Masovia voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.10.09], District Customs Office}
1897
junior candidate for judicial positions {Łomżatoday: Łomża city pov., Podlaskie voiv., Poland
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[access: 2022.01.28], Regional Court}
1896 – 1897
junior candidate for judicial positions {Tvertoday: Tver oblast, Russia
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[access: 2021.10.09], Regional Court}
till 1896
student {Warsawtoday: Warsaw city pov., Masovia voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.10.09], Department of Law, [University of Warsaw /from 1945/, University — clandestine, underground /1939‑45/, Joseph Piłsudski University /1935‑39/, University of Warsaw /1915‑35/, Imperial University of Warsaw /1870–1915/]}, postgraduate studies crowned with a Law Candidate's degree
others related
in death
KULHAWIECClick to display biography Simeon, STEPANIUKClick to display biography George, GUDKOClick to display biography Basil (Bp Ambrose), NIKATOWClick to display biography Alex, OSTROUMOWClick to display biography Michael (Bp Seraphim), SAWICKIClick to display biography Yaroslav, SIENKIEWICZClick to display biography Alex, GAGALUKClick to display biography Anthony (Abp Onuphrius), STROCIUKClick to display biography Leontius, BLUMOWICZClick to display biography John, SZACHMUĆClick to display biography Roman (Fr Seraphim), PANASIEWICZClick to display biography Emilian, MIEDWIEDIUKClick to display biography Vladimir, MARCENKOClick to display biography Alexander (Abp Anthony), BORZAKOWSKIClick to display biography Alexander (Abp Agapit), DIERNOWClick to display biography Anatol (Abp Abramius)
murder sites
camp
(+ prisoner no)
Forced exile: One of the standard Russian forms of repression. The prisoners were usually taken to a small village in the middle of nowhere — somewhere in Siberia, in far north or far east — dropped out of the train carriage or a cart, left out without means of subsistence or place to live. (more on: en.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
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Solovetsky Islands: Solovetsky Special Purpose Camp SLON (ros. Солове́цкий ла́герь осо́бого назначе́ния) — Russian concentration camp and forced labour camp, on Solovetsky Islands, in operation from 1923 and initially founded on the site of famous former Orthodox monastery. Functioned till 1939 (in 1936‑9 as a prison). In 1920 the largest concentration camp in Russia. Place of slave labour and murder of hundreds of mainly Christian, including Catholic, priests, especially in 1920s and 1930s. The concept of future Russian slave labour concentration camps system Gulag its beginnings prob. can trace to camps of Solovetsky Islands — from there spread to the camps along Belamor canal (Baltic Sea — White Sea), and from there to all regions of Russian state. From the network of camps on Solovetsky Islands — also called Solovetsky Archipelago — Alexander Solzhenitsyn prob. formed his famous term of „Gulag Archipelago”. It is estimated that tens to hundreds of thousands prisoners were held in Solovetsky Islands camps. In 1937‑8 c. 9.500 prisoners were brought out of the camp and murdered in a number of execution sites, including Sandarmokh and Lodeynoye Polye, including many Catholic priests. (more on: pl.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2014.05.09])
sources
personal:
pl.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2020.09.24], drevo-info.ruClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2020.09.24], www.krimoved-library.ruClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2020.09.24], yadda.icm.edu.plClick to attempt to display webpage
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original images:
azbyka.ruClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2020.09.24], drevo-info.ruClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2020.09.24], www.ive1875.narod.ruClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2020.09.24], www.krimoved-library.ruClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2020.09.24], www.krimoved-library.ruClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2020.09.24], www.orel-eparhia.ruClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2020.09.24], cemetery.suClick to attempt to display webpage
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