Bishop Gorazd took the blame for the actions in the church , to minimize the reprisals among his flock and even wrote letters to the Nazi authorities , who arrested him on 27 June 1942 and tortured him . On 4 September 1942 , the bishop , the church 's priests and senior lay leaders were taken to Kobylisy Shooting Range in a northern suburb of Prague and shot . For his actions , Bishop Gorazd was later glorified as a martyr by the Eastern Orthodox Church
Kobylisy Shooting Range
Kobylisy Shooting Range
Operation Anthropoid