Career
Born on 26 September 1913 in Tambov, Russian Empire. He received higher education of an engineer and a military pilot during World World War II and was drafted into the Red Army, but in 1942 he was captured and was put in a German concentration camp. In 1951 after the end of Russicum he was ordained a priest of the Byzantine rite.
Father Bliznetsov served in Fatima and Germany where he created a pastoral center in Gundelfingene (Freiburg im Breisgau).
He died in Gundelfingen on 24 September 1989.
