Bogoyavlensky, feminine: Bogoyavlenskaya is a Russian surname originated in clergy, it is derived from "явление бога", 'manifestation of God', i.e., epiphany and named after the holiday of Epiphany.Boris Unbegaun, Русские фамилии, pp. 169–180Шереметевский В. В., "Фамильные прозвища великорусского духовенства в XVIII и XIX столетиях", Русский архив : историко-литературный журнал. — М.: Унив. тип., 1908, issue 2, p. 261 (Warning: the archive is being moved; links can become invalid) Notable people with the surname include:
Eleutherius Bogoyavlensky (1869(?)–1940), clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church Vladimir Bogoyavlensky (1848–1918, clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church
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