Metropolitan Tryphon (; born Prince Boris Petrovich Turkestanov (Борис Петрович Туркестанов) November 29, 1861,

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— June 14, 1934) is a revered hierarch of the

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and a vicar of the Moscow

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. On February 26, 1915, Trifon was awarded the

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on the

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and the

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for the divine service on the fronts of

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. After Metropolitan Sergius proclaimed the declaration of loyalty of the Church to the

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state on August 19, 1927, Trifon accepted the praying "to authorities", which has been added to the great

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. Turkestanov was a scion of the Georgian noble family

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. He first attended the Polivanov Classical Gymnasium, then entered the

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. In 1887, Turkestanov became a lay brother in the

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. In 1889 he became a monk and acquired the name Trifon, after the saint martyr. Two years later Trifon entered the Moscow Theological Seminary. In June 1916 he became the superior of the

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. In 1923 Trifon was elevated to archbishop. Shortly before his death Trifon became blind. He was buried in the Vvedenskoye Cemetery in Moscow.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Trifon 20th-century Eastern Orthodox archbishops Clergy from Moscow Moscow State University alumni Nobility of Georgia (country) 1861 births 1934 deaths Burials at Vvedenskoye Cemetery