Presbyter
The Holy New Martyr Constantine was born on the 31st of May 1877 in Moscow into the family of the deacon Michael Pyatikrestovsky. He graduated from the Theological School and was appointed as a teacher at a parish school. In 1899, he was ordained to the priesthood and served at the Church of the Archangel Michael. Later, he was appointed priest of the Church of Saint Nicholas, where he served for ten years.
In 1937, he was arrested and imprisoned in Taganka Prison. During the interrogation, he denied any involvement in counter-revolutionary activities, while emphasizing that the Orthodox faith could neither be threatened nor extinguished. On the 5th of December 1937, he was sentenced to ten years of imprisonment.
He reposed in the Lord on the 6th of March 1938 in the hospital of the Mariinsky labour camp. He was buried in an unmarked grave.
