Presbyter
Saint Michael was born on 4 November 1881 in the village of Goretovo, in the Mozhaysk district of the Moscow province. He graduated from the Zvenigorod Theological School and later from the Bethany Theological Seminary. In 1908, he was ordained to the priesthood and appointed to serve at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Goretovo. In 1929, when the local authorities attempted to close the church, the saint successfully defended it by appealing to the parishioners and asking for their support.
In 1933, he was arrested and sentenced to three years in a forced labor camp. After completing his sentence in 1936, he returned to his native village. In 1937, he was appointed to serve at the Church of the Transfiguration, where he carried out his ministry with exceptional zeal. On 29 November 1937, he was arrested once again and sentenced to ten years of imprisonment in a forced labor camp.
Saint Michael reposed on 16 June 1938 in the Mariinsky labor camp and was buried in an unmarked grave.
