Presbyter
Saint Sergey was born on July 29, 1890, in the village of Dyakovo, Moscow district. He was the son of a priest and was attached to the Church from childhood. After graduating from the Moscow Theological Seminary in 1915, he served as a teacher in the school at the Women's Knyaz-Vladimir Monastery. In 1916, he got married and was ordained as a deacon, and later as a priest at the Church of John the Baptist in the village of Dyakovo.
With the onset of the revolution, persecutions against the Church began. The Church of John the Baptist was closed in 1923, and Father Sergey moved to serve at the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in the village of Kolomenskoe. He was beloved by the peasants and did not refuse help. However, despite the oppression, he refused to leave the village when he was offered to evacuate.
On the night of March 15 to 16, 1932, he was arrested by the OGPU. He was accused of spreading anti-Soviet rumors. During interrogations, he denied all accusations but was sentenced to three years of imprisonment in a labor camp. He was imprisoned on the White Sea-Baltic Canal, where he could not withstand the torment and passed away on March 11, 1933, remaining unknown in his grave.
