Presbyter
Saint Paul Vasilievich Malinovsky, born on October 15, 1874, in the family of a deacon, graduated from the Vologda Theological Seminary in 1894. He was appointed as the supervisor of the Usty-Sysol Theological School and then ordained as a priest for the Usty-Vym Blagoveshchensk Church on January 28, 1898. He served as the head and law teacher in church-parish schools and was the dean of the II district of the Yaren district. For his diligent service, he was awarded a pectoral cross, a skufia, and a kamilavka. In 1933, he became the rector of the Blagoveshchensk Church, and after its closure, he served in the Ybsk Holy Kazan Church. In 1937, he was arrested, accused of counter-revolutionary activities, and sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out on August 25, 1937. The Holy Synod canonized him on December 27, 2001.
