Presbyter
Saint Demetrius was born on May 15, 1890, in the village of Sharapovo, Yegoryevsky district of Ryazan province, in the family of psalmist Vasily Nikodimovich Kedrolivansky and his wife Lyubov Ivanovna. After graduating from the theological school, he entered the Ryazan Theological Seminary but did not complete it due to his father's death. He served as a psalmist in the Trinity Church, and later was ordained as a deacon. In 1929, he was arrested and sentenced to five years of exile for tax evasion. He served as a deacon in Kozlov, where his family suffered from hunger. Later, he was ordained as a priest for the church in the village of Sychevka, where he witnessed the resurrection of a deceased person. In 1936, he requested a blessing to serve in another village, where he served in the church in honor of Saint Nicholas. In 1937, persecution against the Church intensified, and he began to be pursued. He was arrested on January 20, 1938, sentenced to death on February 11, and executed on February 17, 1938, at the Butovo firing range and buried in an unmarked grave.
