Trial by Water

Martyrdom by water is exemplified by the drowning of Bishop Hermogenes of Tobolsk and other believers with him, who were thrown bound with a stone around their necks, from the steamship Petrograd into the Tura river. It happened on June 16(29), 1918, just a few days after the murder of the Royal Family.

New Martyrs, Confessors, and Passion-Bearers of Russia

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