Presbyter
Mitrophorous Protopriest Evgeny Andreevich Elkhovsky was born on February 26, 1869, in the village of Pustosha, Vladimir province. At the age of 5, he lost his mother and was raised by a nanny. He graduated from the Vladimir Spiritual School and Seminary, after which he worked as a teacher in a public school. On November 19, 1895, he was ordained as a deacon, and on November 21, as a priest. He served in the churches of the city of Pereslavl-Zalessky and was a legal advisor in church-parish schools. In 1920, he was arrested but soon released. After the monastery was closed, he served in the Blagoveshchensky Church. In 1924, he was elevated to the rank of protopriest and awarded a mitre. He created church choirs and taught singing. In September 1930, he was arrested and released in December. On October 18, 1937, he was arrested again, accused of belonging to an 'anti-Soviet organization.' On October 27, 1937, he was sentenced to death and shot on October 29. The places of execution and burial are unknown. He was glorified by the Archpastoral Jubilee Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000. In 1927, he completed 'Reminiscences,' describing the church life of Vladimir and Pereslavl-Zalessky at the end of the 19th - the first quarter of the 20th century.
