Chrysostom Blashkevich, OSB (January 27, 1915, Bely, Tver Oblast, Russian Empire - October 3, 1981, Niederalteich, Germany) was a Benedictine monk of Russian origin. Blashkevich was born in a Russian Orthodox family. During World War II was recruited into the Soviet Army, where he turned his coat and served as interpreter in the German Army. In 1945 was converted to Catholicism and entered the Benedictine Order, being dean of the Monks of Byzantine Rite in Nideralteich Abbey in Germany.
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27 January 1915
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Died |
3 October 1981 (aged 66)
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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