Joseph Petrovykh
…Rostov. On April 7, 1925, Patriarch Tikhon died. Archbishop Joseph participated in the meeting of bishops on April 12, 1925, which confirmed Metropolitan Peter (Polyansky) of Krutitsy as Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal Throne. On December 6, 1925, anticipating the arrest, Metropolitan Peter in his testamentary order named…