Presbyter
The Hieromartyr Alexy was born on March 1, 1864, in the village of Sazhinskoye, Kungur Uyezd, Perm Governorate, into the family of the priest Makary Arkhangelsky. Having entered the Perm Theological Seminary, he was forced to interrupt his studies in the third year because of poor health.
On December 23, 1884, he was appointed psalm-reader at the Church of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple in the village of Kamgort; on February 5, 1885, he was transferred to the Church of the Archangel Michael in his native village; and on December 12, 1887, to the Holy Trinity Church of the Verkh-Techensky Convent. On September 8, 1888, he was ordained deacon, and on October 17 of the same year he was appointed teacher at the parish school attached to the convent.
On December 18, 1893, Deacon Alexy was ordained priest for the Church of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos in the village of Peschano-Koledinskoye and was confirmed as religious instructor at the Peschano-Koledinskoye public school. The church had existed since 1878; it was poor, but was loved by its parishioners.
On June 13 (26), 1918, Red Guards arrested Father Alexy, subjected him to a brief interrogation, and shot him on the bank of the Techa River. Before his death he made the sign of the cross and, with the words “I die innocent,” fell, struck by bullets. His parishioners buried him in the village cemetery.
On August 15, 1918, the coffin with the remains of the Hieromartyr Alexy was transferred to a common grave beside the church.
