(1884-1920) – Priest, Hieromartyr
Commemoration Day on April 6 (March 24, O.S.), in the Synaxis of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.
Born in 1884 into a peasant family. He graduated from a two-class parish teacher's school and worked as a teacher for some time.
On August 26, 1912, he was ordained a deacon to the church in the village of Kopyevskoye, Tarsky Uyezd, Tobolsk Governorate.
Later, he was ordained a priest and served in the village of Blagoveshchenka (now Zhambyl District, North Kazakhstan Region).
Executed by shooting by Red Army soldiers.
Glorified by the Jubilee Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Saints of Kazakhstan