Matvei Bashkin
Charged with heresy for denial of the doctrine of the Trinity
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| Intro | Charged with heresy for denial of the doctrine of the Trinity | |
| Places | Russia | |
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| Death | Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery, Russia |
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Matvei Semyonovich Bashkin (Russian: Матвей Семёнович Башкин) was a Russian boyar's son in the time of Ivan the Terrible charged with heresy for denial of the doctrine of the Trinity along with abbot Artemy the former abbot of Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery. In 1553 he organised a circle of gentry in Moscow and began to teach against the Orthodox Church. He was beaten and sentenced to imprisonment in the Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery where he died.