Presbyter
Saint martyr Ilya was born on July 19, 1869, in the village of Eremshinsky Zavod, Temnikovsky district of Tambov province. He received his education at the Shatsk Theological School and the Tambov Theological Seminary, graduating from the Moscow Theological Academy in 1893. In 1902, he married Lydia Nikolaevna Dulova. In 1908, he defended his dissertation and was appointed to the position of professor. In 1917, he was reinstated in the rank of professor at the Department of Church Law. He participated in the Pre-Council Council and the Higher Church Council, where he spoke about the importance of salvation through Christ.
In 1922, after his arrest, he became a priest. He was imprisoned, sentenced to one and a half years of imprisonment, which was replaced by exile. In 1925, he was arrested again and sentenced to three years of exile. In 1928, he received permission to reside in Tver, where he served in a church. In 1937, he was arrested and sentenced to execution, which was carried out on December 4.
