Presbyter
Saint Martyr Peter was born on June 20, 1894, in the village of Berezniki, Voskresensky district, Saratov province, in the family of priest Konstantin Zinoviev. In 1914, he graduated from the Theological Seminary and was ordained as a priest for the church in the city of Petrovsk. He had three children. He did not abandon his service to God even during the difficult times of persecution. In 1935, the OGPU demanded that he leave the Saratov region, and he moved to the Tver diocese, where he served until his arrest in 1937.
He was arrested based on the testimony of a “witness on duty,” who accused him of anti-Soviet agitation. During the investigation, he denied all accusations, asserting that he did not engage in anti-Soviet activities. On December 27, 1937, the NKVD Troika sentenced him to execution. He was shot on December 29, 1937.
He was canonized among the ranks of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia at the Jubilee Archpastoral Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in August 2000 for universal veneration.
