Presbyter
Saint Sergius was born on 18 February 1883 in the village of Voronovo, in the Podolsk district of Moscow. He graduated from the Perervinsky School and studied for three years at the Moscow Theological School. In 1904, he was appointed cantor at the Church of the Transfiguration in the village of Buzarovo. In 1907, he was transferred to the Church of the Resurrection in the village of Sertyakino, where he married Vera Sergeevna Osetrova. Together, they had eight children.
He was ordained a deacon in 1918 and a priest in 1921. He continued to serve his people until his arrest. His parish included the residents of Sertyakino as well as those of the neighbouring villages.
On 27 November 1937, he was arrested and detained in the prison of the city of Serpukhov. He was accused of hostility towards the Soviet government. On 1 December 1937, the NKVD troika sentenced him to death. He was executed on 15 December of the same year and buried in an unmarked grave at the Butovo shooting range near Moscow.
