Presbyter
Saint Zinovy the Martyr (Zinovy Eustafievich Sutormin) was born on 30 October 1864. Before entering the priesthood, he served as a military doctor with the Siberian Cossack forces. In 1901, he was ordained to the diaconate at the Church of the Resurrection in the city of Semipalatinsk. A decade later, in 1911, he was ordained to the priesthood and appointed rector of the parish church in the village of Verkuba, Zmeinogorsk District, Tomsk Province. During his ministry there, the construction of a new stone church dedicated to Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker began under his leadership. The church was completed and consecrated in 1913.
In 1912, Fr. Zinovy's wife reposed, leaving behind their five children. In 1919, he was transferred to a new parish.
In January 1920, he traveled to a rural settlement to visit his eldest son. On 23 January 1920, the village was occupied by units of the Red Army, which immediately began conducting searches and making arrests. Fr. Zinovy was arrested along with a number of local residents.
All of those arrested were sentenced to death. They were taken outside the village and got executed.
