Priest
Saint Alexander Malinovsky was born on April 12, 1892, in the city of Petrovsk, Saratov province, in the family of priest Ioann Malinovsky. After receiving an education at a theological school, he was ordained a priest in 1913 and appointed to serve in the Spaso-Preobrazhenskaya Church in the village of Gamova, Perm district. He actively fought against drunkenness and assisted the front during World War I, for which he was awarded. In 1916, he entered the Kazan Theological Academy, and in 1917, he was transferred to the Vvedenskaya Church in the village of Verkh-Suksun.
In the summer of 1918, during the revolutionary events, he continued to preach, calling for the defense of the Orthodox faith. He was arrested by Red Army soldiers on a denunciation and shot on the night of September 2, 1918, together with Father Lev Ershov. Their bodies were discovered and buried with honor in the Holy Trinity Cathedral of Krasnoufimsk.
In 2000, he was glorified in the Council of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, and in 2002, his holy relics were found, which were in a coffin with a chasuble and other relics. An examination confirmed his identity, and on December 5, 2002, the relics were transferred for veneration to the Holy Trinity Cathedral of the city of Krasnoufimsk.
