Presbyter
Saint Peter was born on January 12, 1880, in the village of Koledino, Podolsk district of the Moscow province. His father, Gregory, was a psalmist and died when the boy was three years old. Peter graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary in 1900 and was appointed as a teacher in a church-parish school. In 1904, he was ordained as a deacon, and in 1914 — as a priest. He served in various churches, showing kindness and care for his parishioners.
In 1935, the authorities prohibited him from baptizing, and he began to perform baptisms at home. The situation became tense when his nephew became an assistant to the chairman of the village council, which led to denunciations against the priest. On March 22, 1938, he was arrested and accused of counter-revolutionary agitation, but he did not confess to his guilt.
On July 16, 1938, the NKVD troika sentenced him to death by shooting. Priest Peter Golubev was shot on August 3, 1938, and buried in an unknown mass grave at the Butovo firing range near Moscow. After his arrest, the church where he served was looted and subsequently blown up to use the bricks for building greenhouses.
