Peter of Krutitsy

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Metropolitan Peter of Krutitsy
Hieromartyr
Born	June 28, 1862 (O.S.) Storozhevoye, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	September 27 (O.S.)/October 10, 1937 Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized	February 23, 1997 by Russian Orthodox Church
Feast	September 27/October 10
Attributes	Vested as a bishop, right hand raised in blessing

Peter of Krutitsy (Священному́ченик Пётр Крути́цкий, born Pyotr Fyodorovich Polyansky, Пётр Фёдорович Поля́нский; June 28, 1862 – September 27 O. S./October 10, 1937), was a Russian Orthodox bishop and martyr. From April 12 till December 9, 1925 he was the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, serving as the patriarchal locum tenens. Despite his imprisonment, he remained technically locum tenens until his death in 1937.

He is considered as a saint hieromartyr by the Russian Orthodox Church.