Presbyter
Saint Martyr Alexey Kuznetsov was born in 1873, graduated from the teacher's seminary, and began his activity in a folk school. In 1898, he was ordained as a deacon and assigned to the Vysko-Nikolaevsky Cathedral of the Nizhny Tagil plant. In this church, he taught in the church-parish school, which was noted as one of the best in the diocese. In 1909, he was ordained to the priesthood and began serving in the John the Theologian Church of the Verkhne-Saldinsky plant.
In 1914, for his zealous service, he was awarded a pectoral cross. In 1917, after the establishment of Soviet power, he observed the retreat of his parishioners from the Church. In 1918, during the advance of the Czechoslovak Corps, he was shot by Red Army soldiers along with Father Peter Diakonov. Their bodies were buried at the site of the execution.
On October 9, the day of the repose of Saint John the Theologian, the priests were buried and committed to Christian burial. In 2002, Saint Martyr Alexey Kuznetsov was glorified in the Assembly of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia by the Yekaterinburg Diocese.
