Hieromartyr
Archbishop Hilarion (Troitsky), Archbishop of Verey
13 сентября 1886 — 28 декабря 1929
Also known as: Иларион Верейский, Владимир Алексеевич Троицкий, Иларион (Троицкий)
Hieromartyr Hilarion (Vladimir Alekseevich Troitsky), Archbishop of Verey — an outstanding theologian, Patriarch Tikhon's closest aide, and a leading opponent of the Renovationist schism; after years of imprisonment (including the Solovki camp), he died of typhus in a Leningrad prison hospital on December 28, 1929; canonized among the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia in 2000.
The Hieromartyr Hilarion was born on September 13, 1886, in the village of Lipitsy, Kashira district, Moscow province, the son of a priest. An outstanding professor of New Testament theology at the Moscow Theological Academy. He took monastic vows in 1913 and was raised to the rank of archimandrite; in May 1920 he was consecrated by Patriarch Tikhon as Bishop of Verey, a vicar of the Moscow diocese; in 1923 he was raised to the rank of archbishop.
He was Patriarch Tikhon's closest aide and a leading opponent of the Renovationist schism. He was repeatedly arrested between 1919 and 1923, was exiled to Arkhangelsk, and was imprisoned at Solovki from 1923 to 1929. He died on December 28 (December 15 O.S.), 1929, of typhus in a Leningrad prison hospital shortly after his release, en route to exile in Kazakhstan. His relics now rest at Sretensky Monastery in Moscow.
He was canonized by the Jubilee Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in August 2000, among the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.
CONFIRMATION OF IDENTITY: Vereya (historically, Vereya district of Moscow province) is an ancient town and the corresponding vicariate of the Moscow diocese; no separate "Hilarion of Verey" distinct from Archbishop Hilarion (Troitsky) was found in any source — they are one and the same person.