Presbyter
Grigory Ivanovich Faddeev was born on April 14, 1895, in the village of Nevary, Kursk province. After his baptism, he entered the Rylsk Theological School and then the Kursk Theological Seminary, which he graduated from in 1916. He was ordained a priest and served in the church of the village of Krivets, and then in Nevary, where he actively organized parish life and established choirs.
Grigory was a kind and sensitive person, providing assistance to his fellow villagers, including in healing. In 1922-23, he sheltered a girl from an orphanage, as well as a lonely sick woman. In 1929, he was sentenced to two years of imprisonment for failing to fulfill quotas, and he was exiled from the Kursk region.
After his exile, he lived in the village of Khlebtoye, and then was appointed the rector of the church in Shvedchikovye Dvory. Grigory fought against Renovationism and attracted parishioners to the service. In 1937, he was arrested and sentenced to ten years in a labor camp. In a letter to his wife, he asks her to take care of the children and says goodbye to them.
He died on December 26, 1937, in captivity. He was rehabilitated on July 27, 1988, and was canonized among the new martyrs and confessors of Russia on October 12, 2007.
