Presbyter
Saint Eustathius was born on February 20, 1874, in the village of Nativity of the Medyn district of the Kaluga province. In 1895, he graduated from the Theological Seminary and served as a village teacher. In 1896, he was ordained a priest at the Nikolsk Church of the village of Kamenskoye. The parishioners loved him for his zealous service and selflessness. During the persecutions by the godless, he continued to serve, organizing a choir.
On December 1, 1927, he was arrested and imprisoned in Butyrka prison, but was released on February 29, 1928. He was arrested again on January 27, 1938, during the mass arrests of the clergy. Not admitting guilt, he refused to sign the protocol.
During the investigation, he was deprived of outer clothing and food, which led to illness. On February 11, 1938, the NKVD troika sentenced him to execution. Priest Eustathius Sokolski was shot on February 17, 1938, and buried in an unmarked grave at the Butovo shooting range near Moscow.
