Presbyter
Father Alexander Pavlovich Tetyuev was born on March 10, 1879, in the village of Saltanovo, in the Cherdyn district of the Perm province. All his ancestors were clergymen. In 1901, he became a teacher at a church-parish school, and in 1903, he was ordained as a priest. He served in the Resurrection Cathedral of the city of Cherdyn, where he faced persecution from the Bolsheviks.
He was first arrested in 1920 for refusing to cooperate with the Cheka, and a second time in 1929 for resisting the Renovationist movement. Father Alexander refused to serve with the Renovationists and continued his ministry in the Assumption Church, where his parishioners had moved. In 1936, his relatives urged him to leave the priesthood, but he categorically refused.
On August 5, 1937, he was arrested and soon shot. Father Alexander loved the Orthodox Church throughout his life and believed that Orthodoxy would not be destroyed despite the persecutions.
