Presbyter
Saint Pavel was born in 1894 in the village of Karpovo, Dmitrov district of Moscow province, in the family of priest Ioann Felitsyn. In 1910, he graduated from the Dmitrov Theological School, and in 1914, he graduated from the Shelaputin School in Moscow. He became a psalmist at the Resurrection Church in the village of Karpovo. In 1915, he was mobilized into the army and was captured. After returning in 1918, he was appointed psalmist at the Resurrection Church.
On November 15, 1920, Bishop Seraphim of Dmitrov ordained him as a deacon. In 1923, he was consecrated as a priest at the Nikolaev Church in the village of Gorki.
On April 4, 1931, he was transferred to Moscow to the Church of the Dormition. Father Pavel was arrested on November 15, 1937, and imprisoned in Taganka prison. His wife, Alexandra Ivanovna, was arrested and returned only after eight years.
Priest Pavel was arrested along with other priests. On November 23, 1937, the investigator interrogated him, and he confirmed his affiliation with the Tikhon Church. On December 5, 1937, the NKVD troika sentenced him to ten years of imprisonment in a labor camp. Priest Pavel passed away in custody on January 17, 1941, and was buried in an unmarked grave.
