Presbyter
Saint Eugeniy Alekseevich Popov was born on January 10, 1879, in the village of Khlevnoye, Voronezh province. His father was a psalmist, and his mother was a housewife. After receiving primary education, he entered the Zadonsk Spiritual School, which he graduated from in 1899. After marrying a girl named Evdokia, they had a son, Mikhail.
During the years of the revolution, the clergy of the Voronezh diocese needed faithful witnesses of Christ's faith. Eugeniy Popov became a priest, serving in the Transfiguration Church in Olkhovatka. He opposed the hostile attitude of the Soviet authorities towards the Church and urged parishioners to protect the sacred vessels from desecration.
In 1922, he returned under the leadership of Patriarch Tikhon and opposed the renovationism, calling for repentance. In 1930, he was arrested on charges of 'anti-Soviet agitation' and exiled for 3 years to the Ural region. After returning in 1932, he continued to serve, urging the faithful not to allow grain to be buried in the church.
On November 12, 1935, he was arrested, and on May 14, 1936, he was sentenced to 5 years in corrective labor camps. In August 1937, a new case was initiated against him, and on September 22, 1937, he was sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out on September 23, 1937. He was buried in a mass grave at the Nerekhta site of the Volga camp.
