Presbyter
Saint Sergius was born on February 18, 1883, in the village of Voronovo, Podolsk district of Moscow province. He graduated from the Perervin school and three classes of the Moscow Theological Seminary. In 1904, he was appointed as a psalmist in the Transfiguration Church in the village of Buzharovo. In 1907, he was transferred to the Resurrection Church in the village of Sertyakino, where he married Vera Sergeevna Osetrova. They had eight children.
In 1918, he was ordained as a deacon, and in 1921 – as a priest. He served until his arrest. The parish consisted of residents of the village of Sertyakino and nearby villages. Father Sergius was known for his Christian goodness.
On November 27, 1937, he was arrested and imprisoned in the Serpukhov city prison. He was accused of having a "hostile attitude towards the Soviet government." On December 1, 1937, the NKVD troika sentenced him to execution. He was shot on December 15, 1937, and buried in an unmarked grave at the Butovo firing range near Moscow.
