Michael Blagievsky
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Spas-Leonovschina, Moscow Governorate
Ryazhsk
Saint Michael Blagievsky | |
|---|---|
| New Hieromartyr | |
| Born | 4 February 1874 Spas-Leonovschina, Moscow Governorate |
| Residence | Ranenburg |
| Died | 23 December 1937 Ryazhsk |
| Honored in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | 16 July 2005 by Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church |
| Feast | 23 December |
Michael Blagievsky (birth name: Michael Ioannovich Kobozev; Russian: Михаи́л Иоа́ннович Ко́бозев) (February 4, 1874, Spas-Leonovschina, Moscow Governorate – December 23, 1937, Ryazhsk, Ryazan Oblast) was a Russian archpriest executed by the Bolsheviks and canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2005 as a new martyr.
Michael Ioannovich Kobozev was born on 4 February 1874 in the village of Spas-Leonovschina, Egorievsky Uyezd, Moscow Governorate, to Ioann Lvovich Kobozev, the deacon of the Church of the Transfiguration and his mother.[1] In 1892 he finished Skopin theological school with the qualifications to enter Ryazanian seminary.[1] However, he went into teaching and worked as an intern tutor at the parochial school of the village of Dimovo, Skopin Uyezd.[1] In 1894 he received a primary school teacher’s certificate and started work at the parochial school of the Murzinka village, Skopin Uyezd, Ryazan Governorate.[1] In 1897 he got a certificate of a worship vocalist.[1]
In 1898 he was ordained as a deacon and commissioned to the village of Blagie, Ranenburg Uyezd, Ryazan governorate.[1] There he taught the Bible at the local parochial school.[1]
In 1910 he was commissioned to the Church of the Ascension in Ranenburg.[1] In 1913 he was appointed to teach the Bible at the Luchinskoe school.[1] For his good teaching he was awarded with a silver medal.[1] Soon after he was ordained as a priest.[1] After the Revolution, in the building across the Church of the Ascension the Bolsheviks founded their office.[1] Soon the church was closed down.[1] In 1932 Fr. Kobozev was transferred to the village of Dmitrievsky Borovok, Novo-Derevensky district, and left the family in Ranenburg.[1] In 1933 he was raised to the rank of protopope.[2] In 1937 many priests of the district were arrested, with Fr. Kobozev being arrested on 26 October that year.[3]
Michael Kobozev was accused of anti-Soviet counter-revolutionary activity.[1] On 6 December 1937 Fr. Kobozev was sentenced to be executed by firing squad.[1] He was executed on 23 December, 1937 at the prison of Ryazhsk.[1] His actual burial place is unknown.[1]
By the decision of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, Michael Kobozev was exonerated on 6 January 1989.[1]