Presbyter
Saint Michael was born on September 19, 1878, in the village of Molokovo, Tver Province. After graduating from the Tver Theological Seminary, he was ordained as a priest and served in the churches of the Tver Diocese. In April 1922, he was awarded a pectoral cross and the rank of protopresbyter.
The godless government fought against the Church, accusing the clergy of political crimes. In January 1930, Fr. Michael was arrested and accused of evading the tasks of grain procurement. The court sentenced him to only one year of deprivation of liberty and a fine, but due to lack of funds, he was assigned to exile for five years.
After his release, Fr. Michael returned to the Tver Diocese and was assigned to serve in the Church of the Weeping Mother of God. In April 1932, he was awarded a pallium for his zealous service.
In 1937, during a new wave of persecution against the Church, Fr. Michael was arrested. On August 8, 1937, he was arrested, and on September 13, the NKVD Troika sentenced him to execution. Protopresbyter Michael Bogorodsky was shot on September 17, 1937.
He was canonized among the ranks of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia at the Jubilee Archpastoral Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in August 2000 for public veneration.
