Presbyter
He was born on April 21, 1885, in the village of Kuchkarovka, Lutsk district, Volhynia province, into a Catholic family. On May 2 of the same year, he was baptized with the name Miroslav. In 1887, the family converted to Orthodoxy, and he was renamed Miron. In 1900, he graduated from the Klevan Spiritual School, then entered the Volhynia Spiritual Seminary, which he graduated from in 1906. From 1906 to 1910, he studied at the Moscow Spiritual Academy, obtaining the degree of Candidate of Theology. On October 7, 1912, he was ordained a priest and became a teacher at the Lubny Teacher's Seminary. In 1915, he was transferred to the Kashin Spiritual Seminary, where he taught Sacred Scripture.
After the October Revolution of 1917, all spiritual institutions were abolished. From 1918, he worked at the Kashin Seminary, which was reorganized into a secondary school. In 1926, he moved to Sergiev Posad and became the rector of the Piatnitsky Church. After the church was closed in 1928, he served in the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul.
On April 5, 1930, he was arrested and imprisoned in Butyrka prison. On May 15, 1931, he was charged with participation in a counter-revolutionary organization. On May 20, 1931, the troika of the OGPU sentenced him to 10 years in forced labor camps. In 1934, he was in the Chistyungsky separate camp point, where he lived with other clergymen. On August 2, 1937, all imprisoned clergymen were searched, and church items were confiscated from him.
On August 18, 1937, he was presented with a new charge of anti-Soviet activity. He steadfastly held on during interrogations, refusing to betray others. On September 7, by the verdict of the troika of the NKVD of the USSR, he was sentenced to death by shooting, which took place on September 13, 1937. He was buried in a common grave in the West Siberian region.
He was canonized on October 6, 2006, and joined the Assembly of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.
