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22. HIEROCONFESSOR PAUL, BISHOP OF KOTELNICHI
Bishop Paul, in the world Peter Dimitrievich Flerinsky (or Florinsky), was
born on June 29, 1871 in Samara province, in the family of a church reader. He
conducted missionary work against Baptists and struggled against
drunkenness. On March 18, 1924 he was consecrated Bishop of Pugachev, a
vicariate of the Urals diocese. According to one source, from December 30 /
January 12, 1927/28 to March 27 / April 9, 1928, he was Bishop of Kotelnichi.
From January 8, 1931 he no longer ruled his diocese, although he was counted
as Bishop of Pugachev until September 3. On September 3/16 he was counted
as Bishop of Pokrovsk, but never entered into administration of this diocese.
He rejected the declaration of Metropolitan Sergius. He lived in Ust-Kuloma
in Pechora. In the spring of 1936 he moved to Kazan. On October 14/27, 1940
he died from a stroke.
(Sources: Russkiye Pravoslavniye Ierarkhi, Paris: YMCA Press, 1986, p. 57;
M.E. Gubonin, Akty Svyateishago Patriarkha Tikhona, Moscow: St. Tikhon's
Theological Institute, 1994, p. 986; Pravoslavnaya Rus’ N 14 (1587), July 15/28,
1997, p. 6))
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