Presbyter
Saint Alexios was born on February 15, 1873, in the village of Goubino, in the Mozhaisk district of Moscow Province. In 1887, he graduated from the Perevinsk Theological School, while in 1894 from the Vifansk Theological Seminary.
From 1908 to 1910, he served as a priest at the Church of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos in the village of Klementievo, and later at the Church of the Nativity of Theotokos in the village of Staraya Russa, where he remained until 1937.
Because of his deep faith and devoted zeal, he was persecuted by the authorities. He was stripped of his civil rights, and his property was confiscated. In 1930, he was arrested and sent into exile. However, he later returned and continued serving the Church.
At the time of his arrest, he was alone. He got imprisoned on November 29, 1937, accused of conducting counter-revolutionary propaganda. During the interrogation that followed, he refused to name other people. He was sentenced to death on December 5, 1937, and was executed on December 11 at the Butovo firing range, where he was buried in an unmarked mass grave.
