Presbyter
The Holy New Martyr Victor Morigerovsky was born on April 17, 1872, in the village of Mineyevo, Dmitrov District, Moscow Province, into the family of the priest John Morigerovsky. He graduated from the Ecclesiastical School in 1889 and from the Theological Seminary in 1896. In 1901, he was ordained to the priesthood and appointed to the Church of Saint Nicholas in the village of Cherlenkovo, Volokolamsk District.
In 1931, Father Victor was arrested on charges of refusing to fulfill his civic obligations. However, he was soon released. In 1933, he was arrested again, accused of anti-revolutionary propaganda, and was sentenced to three years of exile in Kazakhstan. He returned home in June 1934 and resumed his ministry at the Church of Saint Nicholas.
On January 22, 1938, there began a new wave of persecution against the Orthodox Church. Father Victor urged the faithful to assist the imprisoned clergy, while he also spoke openly about the harsh conditions to which they were being subjected. On February 11, 1938, he was arrested once more and imprisoned in Volokolamsk.
On February 27, the NKVD troika sentenced Father Victor and the laborer Irina Smirnova to death. The two martyrs were executed on March 7, 1938 and buried in an unknown mass grave at the Butovo Firing Range near Moscow.
