Grigory Spiridonovich Petrov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Grigory Spiridonovich Petrov

Russian priest and publicist

Date of Birth: 26-Jan-1866

Place of Birth: Kingisepp, Russia

Date of Death: 18-Jun-1925

Profession: writer, priest, politician, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Grigory Spiridonovich Petrov

  • Grigory Spiridonovich Petrov (Russian: ???????? ???????????? ??????; 6 February 1866 – 1925) was a priest, public figure, and publicist. Petrov was born in Yamburg (now Kingisepp, Leningrad Oblast) and graduated from St.
  • Petersburg Theological Seminary in 1886 and St.
  • Petersburg Theological Academy in 1891.
  • From 1895 through to 1906, he served as a prior of the Church of Mikhaylovsky Ordnance Academy; while in 1902–1904 he also worked as a lecturer of theology at the Polytechnical Institute.
  • He wrote books, brochures and articles where he advocated Christian socialism.
  • In 1899–1917, he contributed to Russkoe slovo newspaper.
  • In 1901–1903, he took part in various religious and philosophic meetings.
  • In 1905, he joined the liberal renovated church movement in opposition to the Russian Orthodox Church, and published Pravda Bozhiya newspaper in 1906.
  • In 1907, he was elected Deputy of the Second State Duma as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party.
  • The same year following his critical letter addressed to Metropolitan Antony he was banned from his ministry and sent for discipline to the Cheremenetsky Monastery.
  • He was defrocked in 1908, and consequently was banned from living in St.
  • Petersburg.
  • He travelled around the country giving lectures.
  • Petrov welcomed the February Revolution of 1917, although his attitude towards the Bolshevik overturn was negative.
  • In 1920, he emigrated and lived in Bulgaria and Serbia.
  • He died in Paris and was buried in Munich.Aziz Sami translated some Petrov's works to Arabic from Turkish.

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