Presbyter
Saint Anatoly was born on April 6, 1862, in the village of Davydovo, Ryazan Province. In a large family of the priest Avdi Semenovich Pravdolyubov, after the death of his mother, the upbringing fell on the shoulders of his father. After graduating from the Ryazan Theological Seminary in 1882, he became a teacher at the Davydovo School. In 1886, Anatoly got married, and in the marriage, eight sons and four daughters were born. Since 1894, he served in the Assumption Church of the city of Kasimov, proving himself to be a pious servant and preacher. In 1924, he visited Moscow to receive a blessing from Patriarch Tikhon. Arrested on November 6, 1937, he was accused of counter-revolutionary activities. During the interrogation, he did not confess to any wrongdoing and firmly answered all questions. After being sentenced by the 'troika' of the NKVD, Priest Anatoly was sentenced to execution.
