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Ilya Berezovsky, presbyter

Ilya Berezovsky, presbyter
Ilya Berezovsky, presbyter
Hieromartyr
Presbyter

Saint Martyr Ilya (Ilya Yakovlevich Berezovsky) was born on July 20, 1890, in the village of Glyaden, Tomsk district, Tomsk province, Altai Mountain region. Father Ilya was arrested in 1933 and exiled to Kazakhstan. On December 14, 1937, he was again arrested by the Kaskelen department of the NKVD and accused of agitation for the creation of a church community and the opening of a church. On February 1, 1938, the NKVD troika sentenced Father Ilya to execution by shooting. Priest Ilya Berezovsky was shot on February 3, 1938, and buried in a common grave without a name.

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