Presbyter
Saint Andrew was born on October 2, 1884, in the family of Priest Vladimir Voskresensky, the rector of the Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God in Moscow. In 1898, he graduated from the Zaiikonospassky Spiritual School, and in 1904 — from the Moscow Spiritual Seminary. In 1908, he graduated from the Moscow Spiritual Academy with the degree of Candidate of Theology. In 1912, he was ordained as a priest and served in the Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God. In 1931, his father was arrested, and he passed away in exile.
Saint Andrew was assigned to serve in various churches, including the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity on the Vorobyovy Hills and the Church of Archangel Michael in the village of Karpovo. He was a good pastor, helping parishioners and participating in their lives. On October 7, 1937, he was arrested on charges of 'agitation against the leaders of the Soviet government.' On October 17, the NKVD Troika sentenced him to execution, and he was shot on October 31, 1937, buried in an unmarked grave.
He was canonized among the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia at the Jubilee Archpastoral Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in August 2000 for public veneration.
