St. Hieromartyr 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.
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