Presbyter
St Nicholas was born in 1895 in the village of Vipolzovo, in the Simbirsk Governorate. He came from the family of Deacon Demetrius Troitsky. After graduating from the Theological School in 1918, he was appointed as a teacher at a rural school. In 1920, he was ordained a priest in the village of Shabava. He was also distinguished and honoured for his work.
In 1929, he was convicted of tax fraud and served his sentence. Following his release in 1930, he served in the village of Semenovskoye and subsequently settled in the village of Maloye Churashevo. In 1935, he was elevated to the rank of protodeacon. The authorities attempted to win him over by offering him official positions. However, he refused them.
On 29 November 1937, he was arrested and detained in the prison of Yadrin. During the interrogations, the priest denied all charges, stating that he had never participated in counter-revolutionary propaganda. Nevertheless, on 1 February 1938, charges were brought against him, while on 6 May he was tried and sentenced to ten years in prison.
Fr Nicholas was sent to the Alatyr forced-labour camp, where more than 4,000 people were detained. The priests held there suffered from hunger and disease. In March 1941, he was transferred to the Baikal-Amur camp.
He reposed on 10 March 1945 and was buried in an unmarked grave.
