Presbyter
Hieromartyr Andrei Nikolaevich Dobrynin was born on August 10, 1874, in the village of Rozhdestveno-Prozorovo, Mologa District, Yaroslavl Governorate. After graduating from the Yaroslavl Theological Seminary, he was ordained a priest and served at the church in the village of Prechistoye-Naumovo.
In November 1937, priests of the Danilov District were arrested. During the investigation, some of them signed interrogation records stating that Archpriest Andrei Dobrynin had been the instigator and leader of a counterrevolutionary insurgent group. Archpriest Andrei was arrested on January 28, 1938, charged with counterrevolutionary activities, and imprisoned in the town of Danilov. On February 10, an NKVD troika sentenced him to death by firing squad.
On February 21, 1938, Archpriest Andrei was executed and buried in an unknown mass grave.
