Seraphim Chichagov

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Seraphim Chichagov
Митрополит Серафим
Seraphim Chichagov circa 1920
Title	Metropolitan bishop
Personal
Born	Leonid Mikhailovich Chichagov Леонид Михайлович Чичагов (1856-06-09)9 June 1856 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	11 December 1937(1937-12-11) (aged 81) Butovo firing range, Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Religion	Eastern Orthodox
Nationality	Russian
Monastic name	Seraphim
Senior posting
Based in	Petrograd

Seraphim Chichagov (9 June^[1] or 9 January^[2] 1856 – 11 December 1937), born Leonid Mikhailovich Chichagov, was a Metropolitan bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church who was executed by firing squad, and was canonized by the Church in 1997 as a New Martyr.

Born into a military family, he enlisted as an artillery officer after finishing his schooling. Influenced by his experiences in the Russo-Turkish War and meetings with John of Kronstadt, he resigned from the military and became a clergyman. He retired in 1933 due to age and ill health. Four years later he was arrested and charged with monarchist propaganda. Sentenced to death by firing squad, he was executed on 11 December 1937 at the Butovo firing range.