Archimandrite Tavrion (Batozsky): On the Issue of Canonisation

Archimandrite Tavrion (Batozsky) (1898–1978) was a monastic clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church whose years of service fell within the period of persecution against the church in the USSR. The holiness of his life was primarily manifested in the traditional forms of his liturgical, preaching and pastoral ministry. Along with this, his life and ministry had several features characteristic of professing faith and building church life during the Soviet period. The article aims at highlighting the unique aspects of Archimandrite Tavrion’s service as the signs of his holiness in terms of the “new martyrdom and confession” in the XX century. The study is based on various sources such as the publications and transcripts of Archimandrite Tavrion’s sermons, his personal memories and letters from exile to his flock, the memories and testimonies of his spiritual children, archive records (investigation files, etc.)