Presbyter
He was born on March 8, 1881, in the village of Manuilovka, Berdyansk district, in the family of a priest, Mikhail Kiranov. His ancestors were Bulgarians who fled from the Turks. He graduated from the Tavricheskaya Theological Seminary and then entered Yuriev University, but soon left it and began serving as a psalmist in the Holy Trinity Church.
In 1905, he was ordained a priest at the Protection Church in the village of Bolshaya Blagoveshchenka. In the early 1920s, he was elevated to the rank of protodeacon and appointed rector of the Ascension Cathedral in Berdyansk. After its closure in 1928, he became the rector of the Protection Church and the dean of the Berdyansk district. During the years of persecution, he provided shelter to priests who were left without parishes and organized a fund to support the underprivileged clergy.
In 1936, Archbishop Georgiy was arrested, who implicated priests, including him. Soon the authorities began threatening to close the Protection Church, which caused protests from the parishioners. Despite the believers' protests, the church was closed, and the priests were arrested.
He was accused of anti-Soviet activities based on false testimonies. After brutal interrogations, he signed confessions but later recanted them. In 1939, he was sentenced to eight years in a correctional labor camp and sent to Novosibirsk region.
In the camp, he continued to write to his family, expressing hope for salvation and repentance. The living conditions were harsh, but he remained faithful to God. On March 30, 1942, he passed away in the Temnikov camp and was buried in an unmarked grave.
