Presbyter
Saint Gregory was born on September 28, 1888, in the village of Zavidovo, Tver Province, into the family of a deacon. He was ordained a priest in 1912 at the Assumption Church. In 1913, after the death of a husband and wife, he and his wife took in a girl named Anna for upbringing. In 1927, Father Gregory was arrested but was soon released. From 1929, persecution against the Orthodox Church began. On February 9, 1930, during a service, more than six hundred people gathered in the church, which attracted the attention of the authorities. On August 14, 1930, Father Gregory was arrested again and sentenced to five years of imprisonment in a labor camp, where he worked on the construction of the White Sea-Baltic Canal. Released in 1934, he returned to Zavidovo and continued to serve in the church. On May 12, 1935, his wife passed away. On July 30, 1937, Father Gregory was arrested for the third time. On September 29, 1937, he was executed. His memory is preserved among the parishioners, and he was canonized among the saints at the Jubilee Archpastoral Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in August 2000.
