Bishop
Solikamsk, like many cities of Northern Russia, flourished due to piety. Archimandrite Feofan (Ilmensky) of the Solikamsk Holy Trinity Monastery was consecrated as Bishop of Solikamsk in January 1917. He was known as a great prayer warrior and ascetic, boldly denouncing godlessness. In 1918, in response to a request regarding the monastery's land holdings, he stated that church property should not be seized without the permission of the archbishop. After the arrest of Archbishop Andronicus in June 1918, Feofan moved to Perm and took over the administration of the Perm diocese. However, he was soon arrested by the Bolsheviks. On December 23, 1918, before the capture of Perm, he and other prisoners were subjected to cruel tortures and drowned in the Kama River.
