(1876 - 1921) – Priest, Holy Martyr
Commemoration on September 16 (September 3 O.S.) in the Assembly of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church.
Born in 1876 in the city of Verny. He graduated from a parish school.
From 1893, he served as a sexton at the Turkestan Cathedral.
From 1896-1899, he was a subdeacon and novice at the Bishop's house.
From 1899 to 1901, he served in the military in the city of Kopal in the Semirechenskaya region, acting as sexton of the Holy Nicholas military church.
From 1901-1906, he was a regular church worker at the same church.
From 1906, he served as a psalmist at the Holy Nicholas Church in Kokand.
On January 3, 1907, he became a psalmist at the Arasan-Kopal Church.
From 1907-1916, he served as a psalmist at the Nicholas Church in the Kopal stanitsa of the Semirechenskaya region and at the cathedral in the city of Lepsinsk.
In September 1916, he was ordained a priest and in the same year was appointed rector of the Michael the Archangel Church in the village of Osinovka, Lepsinsk district.
In 1921, he was executed by firing squad.
He was canonized by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on July 17, 2001.
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