Eulogius (russian: Евлогий, born Yuri Vasilyevich Smirnov, russian: Юрий Васильевич Смирнов; 13 January 1937 – 22 July 2020) was a Russian Orthodox prelate at the Diocese of Vladimir between 1990 and 2018. Since 2014 Eulogius was a Doctor of Theology, and in 2006 became an honorary citizen of the city of Vladimir.

Early life

Smirnov was born in

Kemerovo Kemerovo ( rus, Ке́мерово, p=ˈkʲemʲɪrəvə) is an industrial city and the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Iskitimka and Tom Rivers, in the major coal mining region of the Kuznetsk Ba ...

into a working-class family. His father was a plumber, while his mother was a cook. The family had seven sons and three daughters, for which their mother was awarded the honorary title " Mother Heroine".

References

1937 births 2020 deaths Russian Eastern Orthodox priests People from Kemerovo Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church 20th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops 21st-century Eastern Orthodox bishops Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia {{Russia-reli-bio-stub