Presbyter
Saint Alexius was born on February 1, 1875, in the city of Kolomna. In 1896, he completed four classes of the Moscow Theological Seminary and in 1900 was appointed as a psalmist at the church in the village of Besedy. In 1902, he was ordained as a deacon, and in 1920 — as a priest. In 1921, he was elected as the rector of the church. In 1929, he was arrested but released due to lack of evidence. In 1934, the church was closed, and he began serving in the Pokrov Church in Fil'yah.
In early November 1937, he was arrested by the NKVD on charges of counter-revolutionary agitation. On November 23, 1937, the NKVD troika sentenced him to ten years of imprisonment in a labor camp. On July 30, 1941, he was sent to Kulaylag. He passed away on February 20, 1942, in captivity and was buried in an unmarked grave.
