Presbyter
He was born on August 15, 1877, in the village of Rogachevo, Dmitrovsky district of the Moscow province, in the family of protodeacon Vyacheslav Konstantinov and his wife Elena. He received his initial education at a theological school and then studied at the Vifanskaya Theological Seminary, which he graduated from in 1900. From 1906, he served as a priest in the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in the village of Voskresensk, Moscow province. In 1911, he was transferred to the Trinity Church in the city of Yakhroma, where he became the rector and taught the Law of God. In the late 1920s, during the persecution of the Russian Orthodox Church, he was persecuted by the authorities, who confiscated his house and deprived him of means of existence. In 1930, the church was closed, but the priest continued his ministry in conditions of poverty and deprivation.
On November 13, 1937, he was arrested and accused of anti-Soviet agitation. During the investigation, he denied all charges but was sentenced to ten years in prison. He was held in various prisons and camps, including the correctional labor colony 'Smutikha'. In 1940, while in custody, he wrote to his wife about the harsh living conditions and the need for food. He died on November 26, 1941, from hard labor and hunger, and was buried in the camp cemetery in the Kirov region.
