Presbyter
Saint Martyr Boris (Boris Ivanovich Bogolepov) was born on June 18, 1889, in the city of Moscow. He graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary and was ordained as a priest. From July 1936, he served in the Trinity Church of the village of Korobino in the Tver region. He had a large family — four daughters and a son. In January 1937, he was accused of tax evasion and sentenced to one and a half years of imprisonment in a labor camp. In April 1937, he was accused of performing funerals and baptisms without prior registration. The court sentenced him to six months of imprisonment. Father Boris disagreed with the accusation and filed a cassation appeal. On April 19, the community of the Trinity Church submitted a request to the district executive committee asking for clarification on whether processions were permitted by Soviet laws. At the end of July, Fr. Boris was arrested based on a denunciation from the chairman of the village council. On September 27, the NKVD Troika sentenced him to execution. Priest Boris Bogolepov was shot on October 1, 1937. He was canonized among the ranks of Saints New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia at the Jubilee Archpastoral Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in August 2000 for universal veneration.
