Presbyter
Father Mikhail Ioannovich Kobozhev was born on February 4, 1874, in the village of Spas-Leonovshchina, Moscow province. His parents were Deacon Ioann Lvovich and Maria Gavrilovna Kobozev. In 1892, he graduated from the Skopinsk Spiritual School. Since 1898, he was connected with the Ranevburg land, ordained as a deacon to the Duchovsk Church of the village of Blagie. In 1910, he was transferred to the Ranevburg Ascension Church. In 1917, under the conditions of persecution against the Church, he sought to unite the faithful around the Orthodox Church. In 1932, he was forced to leave his family in Ranevburg and received a parish in the Novo-Derevensky district. In 1937, he was arrested, accused of anti-Soviet activities, and sentenced to execution. The sentence was carried out on December 23, 1937. The burial place remains unknown.
