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Arsenius (Matseyevich)
Metropolitan
Arsenius
was
bishop
of the
Russian Orthodox Church
,
metropolitan
of
Rostov
and
Yaroslavl
who protested against the
confiscation
of the
church's
land by
Empress Catherine II
in
1764
. He was deprived of his
office
and was
imprisoned
in a
fortress
until his
death
.
He was
canonized
in
2000
.