Metropolitan Bishop
In the world, Grisyuk Andrey Grigoryevich, born on August 20, 1880, in the city of Kovel, Volhynia province. He graduated from the Kremenets Spiritual School and the Volhynia Spiritual Seminary, then entered the Kyiv Theological Academy, where he was tonsured into monasticism with the name Anatoly. In 1904, he graduated from the academy and became a professor, and in 1913 he was consecrated as the Bishop of Chistopol.
From 1922, he served as the Bishop of Samara and Stavropol, and later as the Archbishop of Odessa. In 1932, he was elevated to the rank of Metropolitan. The hierarch actively opposed the Renovationist schism and faced persecution from the authorities, including arrests and imprisonment.
On the night of July 28, 1936, Metropolitan Anatoly was arrested and sent to Kyiv, then to Moscow, where he was sentenced to imprisonment in a camp. In the harsh labor camp conditions, he suffered from illnesses but maintained his faith and prayer. He died on January 23, 1938, in the hospital of the Ukhta-Pechora concentration camp, defending his cross.
The remains of the saint were buried in the permafrost, and a cross was erected on his grave. In 1997, Saint Anatoly was glorified as a locally revered saint, and in 2000, he was canonized among the new martyrs and confessors of Russia for church-wide veneration.
