Presbyter
Father Feodor Pavlovich Lebedev was born on February 15, 1875, in the village of Stebachevo, Kiberghinsky district of Vladimir province, into the family of a priest. After graduating from the Vladimir Theological Seminary in 1899, he was ordained as a deacon, and then as a priest. He served in a church near the city of Yuriev-Polsky, and then in the church of the village of Kuznetsovo in the Shuya district; in 1932, he was appointed as a dean.
On September 17, 1937, Father Feodor was arrested by the Shuya NKVD. The interrogations began on the day of his arrest and continued for three days. The priest refused to sign the investigation protocol. The accusations against him included counter-revolutionary activities, but he denied all charges. On September 20, the investigation was concluded, and on September 25, 1937, Father Feodor Lebedev was shot along with other priests.
