Tamara (Provozkina)

She was born on February 20, 1880, in the village of Anokhino, Yegoryevsky Uyezd, Ryazan Province, into a priest’s family.

From 1902 to 1928, she labored in the Vladimir Women's Monastery in the town of Ivanovo-Voznesensk (Vladimir Province). After the monastery was closed, she did not abandon her monastic vocation, remained opposed to the Renovationist movement, and adhered to the Tikhonov orientation. Living with the abbess of the monastery, Augusta, and two other nuns, she worked at the Children's Commission for the Deaf and then engaged in quilting blankets. On April 27, 1932, Mother Tamara was arrested and accused of "anti-Soviet agitation" and "spreading provocative rumors." Due to a lack of substantiating evidence, the investigation decided to release her from custody.

On March 22, 1937, she was exiled to Kazakhstan for five years for "counter-revolutionary activities." She served her exile in the village of Maiskoye, Beskaragai District, Pavlodar Region. She was arrested in the village of Maiskoye on December 3, 1937.

On December 4, 1937, the NKVD troika of the East Kazakhstan Region sentenced her as follows:

Provozkina T. I.

To be executed by shooting.

The sentence was carried out on December 15, 1937.

She was glorified as a saint among the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia by the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in August 2000 for general veneration.