Presbyter
Dmitry Grigorievich Kazansky was born on February 10, 1884, in the village of Yurkino, Yaroslavl Province, into the family of a deacon. After becoming a priest, he served in the Yaroslavl Spaso-Preobrazhensky Sevastyanovsky Sokhotsky Convent until 1929.
In 1929, he was arrested, accused of 'counter-revolutionary activities,' and sentenced to 5 years in a corrective labor camp. After serving his sentence, he was assigned to serve in one of the churches in the city of Lyubim.
On March 5, 1937, he was arrested again, accused of participating in a counter-revolutionary group of 'Tikhonov' orientation. During the interrogations, the priest firmly stood his ground, did not implicate anyone, and denied his guilt in anti-state activities. On August 15, 1937, the troika of the U.N.K.V.D. for the Yaroslavl region sentenced him to 8 years in I.T.L., after which he was transported to Sevvostoklag. Father Dmitry did not return from this camp. In a report by the Poshikhonskoye R.O. M.G.B., compiled in 1949, he is listed as deceased. The exact date and place of his death are unknown; he likely died in the camp before 1945.
Saint Martyr Dmitry (Kazansky) was glorified in the rank of saints at the Archpastoral Council of the Russian Orthodox Church on August 20, 2000.
