Presbyter
Hieromartyr Alexander Nikolaevich Shklyaev was born in 1864 into the family of a priest. He studied at the Perm Theological Seminary. In 1887, he was ordained a deacon and assigned to serve at the Holy Trinity Church in the village of Veretie, Solikamsk Uyezd. The following year, he was ordained a priest and served in rural churches of the Perm Governorate.
From 1909 to 1916, Father Alexander taught the Law of God to the first class at the Solikamsk two-class parish school for boys. In December 1909, he was confirmed as a member of the Solikamsk Uyezd branch of the Diocesan School Council and was also entrusted with the duties of its clerk. By 1918, according to some sources, Father Alexander was rector of the Church of the Resurrection in Solikamsk, while according to others, he served at the Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God.
Priest Alexander Shklyaev was shot by Red Army soldiers on the night of December 23, 1918, near Perm, after being subjected to brutal torture and abuse.
He was canonized among the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia in August 2000 by the Bishops’ Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.
