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Simeon Afonkin, presbyter

Simeon Afonkin, presbyter
Simeon Afonkin, presbyter
Hieromartyr
Presbyter

Semion Ivanovich Afonkin was born on February 13, 1870, in the village of Obrocheno, Krosnoslobodsky district of Penza province. His father, Simeon, was a priest in the city of Kaskelen in Kazakhstan, where he honorably fulfilled the pastoral ministry. In 1937, he was arrested and accused of spreading anti-Soviet propaganda and religious beliefs. Father Simeon did not acknowledge his guilt. The troika of the NKVD for the Alma-Ata region sentenced him to the highest measure of punishment. On December 8, 1937, he was shot.

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