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New Hieromartyr Father '''Vladimir Konstantinovich Lozina-Lozinsky''' ({{ru icon}} Владимир Константинович Лозина-Лозинский) [[May 26]], 1885 - [[December 26]], 1937, was an [[Archpriest]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] who was [[martyr|martyred]] during the [[w:Great Purge|Great Purge]] in the Soviet Union. He was [[glorification|canonised ]] in 2000 as a [[Hieromartyr]].
His [[feast day ]] is on [[December 13]]/26,<ref name=ROCOR>The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). ''St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004.'' St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p.93.</ref><ref>[http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2011&today=26&month=12&trp=0&tzo=-4 December 26 / December 13]. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).</ref><ref name=DECR>{{ru icon}} [http://www.mospat.ru/calendar/?s=%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9+%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80+%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9 Лозина-Лозинский Владимир Лозина-Лозинский, прот., сщмч.: †1937; Д. 13 || Петерб]. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). Retrieved: 2012-09-28.</ref> as well as on the [[Synaxis]] of [[New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia]], and on the [[Synaxis]] of the Saints of St. Petersburg.<ref name=DECR/>
==Biography==
Father Vladimir was born on [[May 26]], 1885 in [[:w:Dukhovshchina|Dukhovshchina]], [[w:Smolensk Governorate|Smolensk Governorate]], to a family of doctors. His mother Varvara Karlovna (née Scheidemann), was the daughter of a Lieutenant-General who was a hero of the Crimean War, the artillery commander in the [[w:Battle of Eupatoria|Battle of Evpatoria]], descended from a [[w:History of Germans in Russia and the Soviet Union|Russified]] wealthy German family. She was one of the first women in Russia who received a medical degree; she studied Female medicine and graduated from the St. Nicholas Military Hospital. His father, who was of Polish descent, was a doctor in the [[w:Kirov Plant|Putilov Plant]].
In 1888 his mother contracted Typhus typhus and died. The family then moved to St. Petersburg. Vladimir was an extraordinarily kind and unselfish child. He was characterized by an innate aristocracy, and was well versed in European languages.
===Education===
