Hieromonk
St. Mitrophan (in the world Mikhail Andreevich Kvanin) was born in 1875 in the village of Gubkino, Oryol province. He received his education in a rural school and became a novice at the Vilnius Holy Spirit Monastery. From 1914, he served at the Samara Nikolayevsky Monastery, and from 1917, he assisted at the archbishop's residence in Taganrog. From 1920, he was a priest in the village of Bolokhovo, Tula province, and from 1923, he served at the Holy Spirit Church of the Danilov Cemetery in Moscow. At some point, he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite.
On February 23, 1933, Archimandrite Mitrophan was arrested along with a group of priests serving at the Holy Spirit Church and sentenced to 3 years of exile in the Northern region. After completing his sentence in 1936, he returned to Moscow, where he was arrested again and sentenced to 3 years of exile in Kazakhstan. He lived for about a year in the village of Borodulikha in the Semipalatinsk region, enduring hardships alongside other clergymen.
On November 22, 1937, Father Mitrophan was arrested, and on November 27, he was charged with undermining the collective farm system and agitating for the formation of a group of believers. The final verdict was the Highest Measure of Punishment. On December 2, 1937, Archimandrite Mitrophan, who did not confess to his guilt, was executed by shooting in Semipalatinsk. His burial place is unknown.
