Presbyter
Ivan Ivanovich Rudinsky was born in 1867 in the village of Pokrovskoye-on-Siti. After graduating from the Yaroslavl Theological Seminary, he accepted a parish. In 1918, a peasant uprising against the mobilization into the Red Army broke out in the Pokrovo-Sitskaya volost, and Father Ioann was accused of serving the moliebens at the request of the rebels. He avoided retribution by falling ill and being hospitalized. In 1920, he was arrested for 'insulting a public official.' In 1926, he was sentenced to a monetary fine for 'violating the rules of the separation of Church and State.' In 1929, during a mass campaign to close churches, the church was taxed, and Father Ioann had to appeal to the faithful for help. The church was managed to be defended, but he began to fast, and the parishioners brought him bread. In February 1930, Father Ioann and the priests serving with him, Priest Ioann of Athos and Deacon Gavriil, were arrested for 'opposing the measures of the Soviet authority.' Father Ioann Rudinsky was released 'for lack of evidence.' After his release, he returned to his native village, but the church was seized by a Renovationist priest. On July 15, 1930, he was arrested again and sent for 3 years to the Northern region, where he died on November 11, 1930, from excessive labor. On December 27, 2000, he was canonized by the Archierical Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.
