October 23 is the day of remembrance of St. Innocent, Bishop of Penzatranslated

Saint Innocent of Penza (in the world Hilarion Dmitrievich Smirnov; May 30, 1784, Pavlovo, Bogorodsky district, Moscow province - October 10, 1819, Penza) - Bishop of Penza and Saratov, rector of the St. Petersburg Theological Seminary. Born on May 30, 1784 in the village of Pavlovo, located near Moscow, in the family of a poor church clergyman. From childhood, Hilarion was distinguished by his exceptionally meek […]