Presbyter
Saint Constantine was born on July 27, 1879, in the village of Georgievskoye, Rostov district of Yaroslavl province. He received his education at the Yaroslavl Theological School and was appointed as a psalmist at the Panteleimon Church in Yaroslavl. In 1900, he passed the exam for the title of teacher of the parish school and received a position as a teacher at the Smolensk Church. In 1908, he was ordained as a deacon, and in July, as a priest at the Transfiguration Monastery. In 1911, he was appointed rector of the Nikolskaya Church in the village of Markovo and as a legal educator at the Markovo School.
In 1913, he received higher theological education. In 1919, he graduated from the Moscow Theological Academy and was appointed rector of the Church of 'All Who Sorrow, Rejoice' in Moscow, where he served until April 15, 1932, when he was arrested.
During the interrogation, he stated that he did not preach anti-Soviet sermons and served in the spirit of the Church. Nevertheless, he was accused of anti-Soviet agitation and on May 10, 1932, was sentenced to five years of exile in Kazakhstan.
Returning to Moscow in 1935, he could not find work and moved to Mozhaisk, where he continued to serve. He was arrested on October 29, 1937, and imprisoned in Taganka prison. During the investigation, he denied any anti-Soviet activities but was accused of counter-revolutionary agitation.
On November 17, 1937, the NKVD troika sentenced him to execution. Priest Constantine Lyubomudrov was shot on November 19, 1937, and buried in an unmarked grave at the Butovo firing range near Moscow.
