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
religious status
saint
surname
POMMERS
forename(s)
John (pl. Jan)
forename(s)
versions/aliases
Jānis
canonisation date
01.11.1981
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
function
archbishop
creed
Eastern Orthodox Church ORmore on
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[access: 2014.09.21]
diocese / province
Ryga OR eparchymore on
ru.wikipedia.org
[access: 2023.06.12]
nationality
Latvian
date and place
of death
12.10.1934
Ozolkalnamanor house
today: in Jugla district of Riga, Riga city mun., Latvia
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alt. dates and places
of death
11.10.1934
details of death
First arrested in 1917 in Taganrog — after the overthrow of tsarism in 02.1917 — by representatives of the new provisional government, which he publicly opposed.
Released after protests by representatives of his flock in front of the prison where he was held.
At the end of 1917, prob. after the provisional government was overthrown and the Bolsheviks took power, expelled from the capital of his new diocese of Tver.
While ministering in the Penza and Saransk eparchy (1918‐1921) repeatedly detained and interrogated by the Bolshevik authorities.
Trying to solve the crisis tearing apart his eparchy, arrested by the Bolsheviks, among others on 27.09.1918.
Held in Penza prison — his name was on the list of people to be murdered.
Released from prison in c. 10.1918 thanks to the intervention of the German consul — and held under house arrest.
In 06.1919 conscripted into the Bolshevik army — thanks to the intervention of his flock the decision got postponed.
In 11.1919 arrested again by the genocidal Bolshevik organization All–Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter–Revolution, Speculation and Abuse of Power, commonly known as the Cheka, and accused of being a member of a „counter–revolutionary organization”.
Initially held in prison in Penza, later in 1920 transferred to a prison in Moscow.
Released in 03.1920.
After assuming the function of the bishop of the Eparchy of Riga in the Republic of Latvia, settled in the summer estate of his eparchy, near Riga — lived there alone, without protection, which he rejected.
Murdered on the night of 11‐12.10.1934, by unknown perpetrators.
The murderers set the house on fire, but it was brought under control by firefighters.
His body bore traces of torture, his personal archive was looted.
Some historians suspect Russian militias of the genocidal NKVD of the crime.
cause of death
murder
perpetrators
Russians (?)
date and place
of birth
19.01.1876
Ilzessaluagricultural farm
today: Prauliena pog., Madona mun., Latvia
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religious vows
13.03.1903 (permanent)
presbyter (holy orders)
ordination
13.06.1904
positions held
24.07.1921 – 12.10.1934
bishop — Rigatoday: Riga city mun., Latvia
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[access: 2020.07.31] ⋄ autonomous Latvian Orthodox Church ⋄ autonomous Latvian Orthodox Church — head of the administration, covering the entire territory of Latvia, with extensive powers in the fields of administration, finances and education of the Latvian Church granted by the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Tikhon
1925 – 1934
parliamentary deputy — Rigatoday: Riga city mun., Latvia
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[access: 2020.07.31] ⋄ Parliament (Lat. Saeima) of the Republic of Latvia — three times, in 1925, 1928 and 1931, elected to the Parliament; leader of Russian and Orthodox groups
22.04.1918 – 19.07.1921
bishop — Penzatoday: Penza oblast, Russia
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from 1918
archbishop — Russian Orthodox Church
c. 13.09.1917 – 22.04.1918
auxiliary bishop — Staritsatoday: Staritsa reg., Tver oblast, Russia
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[access: 2023.06.12] ⋄ vicariate ⋄ vicariate — resident mainly in Tver; at the end of 1918 expelled from Tver, nevertheless took over the duties of administrator of the Tver eparchy
04.04.1913 – c. 07.09.1917
auxiliary bishop — Taganrogtoday: Rostov oblast, Russia
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[access: 2020.09.24] ⋄ vicariate ⋄ vicariate — from 05.10.1916 known as eparch of Taganrog and Azov Upland
11.1912 – 04.04.1913
auxiliary bishop — Odessatoday: Odessa urban hrom., Odessa rai., Odessa, Ukraine
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[access: 2022.02.04] ⋄ vicariate, Russian Orthodox Church ⋄ vicariate, Russian Orthodox Church
02.1912 – 11.1912
auxiliary bishop — Minsktoday: Minsk city reg., Belarus
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[access: 2020.07.31] — also: superior of the Holy Spirit monastery in Minsk, chairman of the School Council of the Minsk eparchy, temporarily administrator of the Minsk eparchy
from 1912
Bishop — Russian Orthodox Church
1908 – 1912
rector — Vilniustoday: Vilnius city dist., Vilnius Cou., Lithuania
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[access: 2022.01.06] ⋄ Orthodox Theological Seminary — also: superior of the Holy Trinity Orthodox monastery, chairman of the Lithuanian Eparchy School Council, chairman of the Eparchy Publishing Committee
from 1907
Archimandrite, i.e. superior abbot — Russian Orthodox Church
1906 – 1907
inspector — Vologdatoday: Vologda city reg., Vologda oblast, Russia
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[access: 2022.08.05] ⋄ Orthodox Theological Seminary
1904 – 1906
professor — Chernihivtoday: Chernihiv rai., Chernihiv, Ukraine
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[access: 2020.11.27] ⋄ Orthodox Theological Seminary — lecturer in Holy Bible
from 13.06.1904
hieromonk — Russian Orthodox Church — diaconate cheirotonia, i.e. ordination on 23.09.1903
1900 – 1904
student — Kievtoday: Kiev city rai., Kiev city, Ukraine
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[access: 2023.03.02] ⋄ Orthodox Theological Academy — postgraduate specialised studies, crowned with the degree of Candidate of Theology
1899 – 1900
psalmist — Liepājatoday: Liepāja mun., Latvia
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[access: 2023.06.12] ⋄ OR parish — also: teacher at elementary school
1897 – 1899
teacher — Ļaudonatoday: Ļaudona pog., Madona mun., Latvia
more on
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[access: 2023.06.12] ⋄ elementary school
1891 – 1897
student — Rigatoday: Riga city mun., Latvia
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[access: 2020.07.31] ⋄ Orthodox Theological Seminary — 1st class diploma
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