Hieromonk
Saint Hierotheus (in the world Nikandr Arsenyevich Glazkov) was born on October 27, 1889, in the village of Pankratovo, Vologda Province. He graduated from a zemstvo primary school and at the age of 19 entered the brotherhood of the Trinity Pavel-Obnorsky Monastery. In 1919, he was tonsured into the mantle with the name Hierotheus, and in 1920, he was ordained to the rank of hierodeacon.
He deeply mourned the devastation and closure of the monastery during the years of Soviet power. In his poems, he expressed sorrow over the destruction of the monastery. After the monastery was closed, he was ordained as a hieromonk and appointed rector of the cemetery church of the Introduction of the Most Holy Theotokos in the city of Lyubim. In 1930, he was arrested and sentenced to 5 years in concentration camps; after his return, he continued his ministry.
Being a true shepherd, he openly condemned the godless authority and predicted its end. He paid attention to the youth and called on the faithful to unite around the Church. On March 4, 1936, he was awarded a golden pectoral cross.
On July 28, 1937, he was arrested for the second time on charges of counter-revolutionary activity. During interrogations, he refused to give testimony about his fellow clergy. On August 19, 1937, he was sentenced to the highest measure of punishment, and on September 4, 1937, he was executed in Yaroslavl.
