Saint Martha was born in 1883 in the village of Arka, in the Temnikov district of Tambov Governorate. In 1914, she entered the Seraphim-Diveyevo Convent of the Holy Trinity and Saint Seraphim of Sarov in the village of Diveyevo, in the Nizhny Novgorod Governorate.
Following the destruction of the convent, the saint settled in the village of Razvilie, where she served at the local church. She was arrested on November 18, 1937, and got imprisoned.
During the interrogations, she was falsely accused of counter-revolutionary activities. She admitted no guilt and denied all the charges. On December 13, 1937, the NKVD troika sentenced her to eight years in a forced-labour camp.
On May 3, 1938, she arrived at the Karaganda camp. The harsh living conditions and forced labour soon became unbearable, leading her to the camp hospital.
Saint Martha reposed on April 26, 1941, and was buried in the cemetery near the settlement of Spasskoye.
