Presbyter
In 1472, in the city of Yuriev, during the great blessing of the waters on the river Omovzha, the priest of the Church of St. Nicholas, Father Isidor, was seized by order of the Livonian bishop and imprisoned along with parishioners, including women and children. The Livonians forced them to renounce the Orthodox faith, but all the confessors remained steadfast. In the prison, Father Isidor administered communion to everyone, and at dawn they accepted a martyr's death, being cast under the ice of the river Omovzha.
There were seventy-two martyrs, and none renounced the Orthodox faith. Their execution was long remembered in Yuriev and the surrounding areas.
In the spring, when the river Omovzha overflowed its banks, the bodies of the confessors appeared, lying under a tree on the hill, undamaged and in the same clothes they had been thrown under the ice. Among them was Father Isidor in full vestments. Thus, the Lord glorified His holy servants. Their bodies were lovingly buried by the Orthodox near the Yuriev Church of St. Nicholas.
