Presbyter
Sergey Mikhailovich Uspensky was born in 1878 in Mozhaysk. He received his education in the Moscow spiritual schools and seminary, where he worked as a supervisor. Having a good voice, he was a soloist at the Bolshoi Theatre, but from 1901 he served as a psalmist in the church of Clement, Pope of Rome. In 1904, he was ordained as a deacon, and in 1920 he became a priest. From 1924, he served as the rector of the church of the 'Inextinguishable Lamp' until its closure in 1929. Later, he served in the church of Spas-Peski and in the church of 'Nicholas-on-the-Sheep', where he assisted the families of the repressed. On January 29, 1933, he was arrested and accused of 'anti-Soviet agitation'. On April 10, 1933, he was sentenced to 3 years of exile, which he served in Kargopol and Vologda. He was released due to illness, after which he settled in Mozhaysk. On November 30, 1937, he was arrested for the second time and sentenced to execution. On December 19, 1937, the protodeacon was shot at the Butovo firing range. He is depicted in the painting 'Russia in the Process of Leaving' by Pavel Korin.
