Presbyter
Saint Theodore was born on February 2, 1875, in the family of a priest in the village of Nikolskoye, Klin district, Moscow province. He graduated from the Dmitrov Theological School. From 1899 to 1901, he served in the army as a private. In 1903, he began serving as a psalmist in the Assumption Church of the village of Izosimenye and served in this church for his entire life. In 1912, he was ordained as a deacon.
In November 1929, he was arrested and exiled for three years for failing to fulfill bread supply quotas. The church was closed, but on March 31, 1930, at the request of the parishioners, it was reopened. On May 15, 1934, the church was closed again for non-payment of taxes, but the parishioners managed to have it reopened.
On November 8, 1936, he was ordained as a priest.
On November 21, 1937, he was arrested and imprisoned in Taganka prison. During the interrogation, he refused to admit guilt in counter-revolutionary activities. On December 1, 1937, the NKVD troika sentenced him to execution. Priest Theodore Gusev was shot on December 4, 1937, and buried in an unknown common grave at the Butovo shooting range near Moscow.
