A Life Well Lived
October 1
St. Amphilochios (Skovrtsov), Bishop of Eniseisk and Kransoiarsk, was martyred on this day in 1937.
A photo of St. Amphilochios from Solovki imprisoment in 1926 and a contemprory icon from Russia
Aleksandr Skvortsov was born in 1885 in the family of the church cantor (psalmist). From a young age, he wanted to be a monk. In 1908, during his studies in Kaza…
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