Gury of Kazan explained

Gury
Archbishop of Kazan and Svyazhsk
Diocese:Diocese of Kazan
Appointed:3 February 1555
Ended:5 December 1563
Predecessor:none
Successor:Herman of Kazan
Consecration:before 1543
Death Date:5 December 1563
Gury of Kazan
Venerated In:Russian Orthodox Church
Honorific Prefix:Saint

Gury of Kazan (;, Radonezh – 5 December 1563, Kazan), also called Gurias, was a prelate of the Russian Orthodox Church who became the first Archbishop of Kazan and Svyazhsk in 1555. In the Russian Orthodox Church he is revered as a saint.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: 1893 . Gury, Archbishop of Kazan . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedic Dictionary . St. Petersburg . Vasiliev . P. P. . IXa . 912.