Presbyter
He was born on February 12, 1892, in the village of Vetrino, Yaroslavl Province, into the family of a priest. He graduated from the Yaroslavl Theological Seminary in 1914, but chose a secular path and worked as a teacher. In 1919, he moved to Vyshegonsk, where he taught in a Soviet school, although his faith was mocked. In 1922, he returned to his native village, where, after the death of his father, he became a priest. In the late 1920s, persecutions began, and he was sentenced to a year of corrective labor, but was soon released. In 1931, he was arrested again and sent to work in the forest, from which he returned in 1932.
In 1934, he was arrested again, and the investigation could not find evidence against him. On October 2, 1935, the case was closed, and he returned to his ministry. In 1936, he was arrested again and accused of appropriating administrative functions, but was released after a fine. On November 12, 1937, he was arrested on charges of counter-revolutionary agitation. On November 25, the NKVD Troika sentenced him to ten years in a correctional labor camp. He died of hunger on December 24, 1941, at the age of 49.
