Presbyter
Dmitry Konstantinovich Kuklin was born in 1870 in Vologda. After graduating from the Theological Seminary, he accepted the priesthood and served in the city of Veliky Ustyug in the Vologda region. In 1936, he was arrested along with Archbishop Nikolai (Klimentyev) of Veliky Ustyug and accused of 'participating in a counter-revolutionary group of clergymen.' He was sentenced to 5 years of exile in Kazakhstan, where he endured difficult conditions in the village of Borodulikha in the Semipalatinsk region. He received spiritual support through correspondence with Archbishop Nikolai, who had been exiled to Chimkent. On November 22, 1937, he was arrested again, accused of conducting religious rites and illegal gatherings. During the interrogation, he did not confess to anti-Soviet agitation. On November 27, 1937, he was sentenced to death by shooting and on December 2, he accepted a martyr's death in the city of Semipalatinsk. The place of burial is unknown.
