Hieromonk
Saint Pavel was born on June 24, 1879, in the village of Zuevo, Zubtsov district, Tver province, into a peasant family. He was baptized with the name Peter. From childhood, he dreamed of becoming a monk and on January 15, 1906, he entered as a novice in the Valaam Monastery. On February 28, 1911, novice Peter was tonsured into monasticism with the name Pavel. On May 9, 1917, he was ordained a hieromonk.
In the mid-1920s, the authorities closed the Nilo-Stolobenskaya Pustyn, and Hieromonk Pavel began to serve in a parish church. In 1930, he was sentenced to five years of exile in the city of Yeniseisk. He earned a living by repairing boots, sawing, and chopping wood. After four years, he received permission to return to his homeland.
In 1935, Archbishop Tver Faddey directed him to serve in the church of the village of Borki. On February 19, 1938, he was arrested and imprisoned in the Zubtsov city prison.
During the interrogation, Hieromonk Pavel did not admit to being guilty of anti-Soviet agitation. On February 26, the NKVD troika sentenced him to execution. He was shot on February 28, 1938, and buried in an unknown common grave.
