Presbyter
Priest Peter Zefirov was born in 1879 in the Yaroslavl province. After graduating from the theological school, he worked for three years as a teacher in a parish school. He later married and was ordained a priest at the Church of Saint Nicholas in the village of Nikolona-Entoma.
He and his wife had six children. Alongside his pastoral ministry, he was also teaching at the local parish school and at the Vaulevskaya zemstvo school. In 1909, he was elected a member of the diocesan council.
In July 1918, he was arrested by the Bolsheviks and executed in the Romano-Borisoglebsk prison. Information regarding his execution was sent to the commission established by the Holy Synod of 1917–1918 to investigate the persecutions carried out against the Russian Orthodox Church. Thus began the collection of testimonies concerning the New Martyrs who were tortured and lost their lives for the faith.
