St. Hilarion Troitsky

Vladimir Troitsky was a brilliant young professor at the Moscow Theological Academy and became archbishop of Verey, a close helper of St. Tikhon. Arrested by the Soviets, he spent years in the Solovki camp, where his cheerfulness and kindness kept other prisoners going. He died of typhus in a Leningrad prison hospital in 1929. He was glorified in 1999.

• Feast: December 15 (New Calendar)
• Lived: 1886–1929
• Place: Solovetsky Islands