Presbyter
Saint Confessor Nikolai Pavlovich Vinogradov was born on November 4, 1873, in the city of Klin, Moscow province. He came from a clerical background and graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary in 1896. From April 17, 1898, he served as a priest in the church of the village of Danilovo in the Podolsk district, where he lived for 32 years. In the Vinogradov family, a daughter, Nadezhda, a son, Nikolai, and a daughter, Lyudmila, were born.
Father Nikolai actively engaged in church education, opened a literacy school in Danilovo, and was its head until 1918. He also taught the Law of God in other educational institutions. In 1915, he became the assistant dean, and in 1916, he became the dean of the sixth district of the Podolsk region.
For his service, he was awarded ecclesiastical honors, including the pectoral cross in 1921. In 1930, he was dispossessed and expelled from his home. Father Nikolai tried to protect his church from closure, but on March 17, 1930, the village council decided to remove him from the area.
On March 22, 1930, the priest was arrested and accused of anti-Soviet agitation. On April 25, 1930, the OGPU troika sentenced him to exile in the Northern Territory for three years. He could not withstand the harsh conditions of exile and died on November 17, 1931, in the Emetsky district of the Arkhangelsk region, and was buried in an unmarked grave.
After his arrest, services in the church ceased, and in 1934 the church was closed. The resumption of worship occurred only in 2000.
