26), halting all divine services in the region except baptism and the last rites for the dying. There are various accounts of his death. The apparently most consistent says that on July 7, 1918 he was taken to the forest and forced to dig his own grave. After lying down in it, he was covered with earth and shots were fired into the dirt. In 2000, the Russian Orthodox Church glorified him as Hieromartyr Andronik, Archbishop Of Perm, one of the Russian New Martyrs and Confessors. His feast day is July 7 on the Julian Calendar (Gregorian Calendar: July 20). References External links Photograph of Andronic Nikolsky in the photo album Russian Orthodox martyrs of Modern Times 1870 births 1918 deaths People from Myshkinsky District People from Myshkinsky Uyezd Russian saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church 20th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops Eastern Orthodox missionaries Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Japan Members of the Union of the Russian People Orthodox Church in Japan 20th-century Christian saints 20th-century Eastern Orthodox martyrs Victims of Red Terror in Soviet Russia People from Yaroslavl Oblast Executed Russian people People executed by Russia by firearm Russian monarchists Persecution of Eastern Orthodox Christians