Orthodox · † 1918
Hieromartyr Constantine, Priest
Commemorated: July 27 (July 14, Old Style)
Life
Konstantin Bogoyavlensky was born in 1896, the son of a deacon in Ekaterinburg, studied at the Perm seminary and in 1917 was ordained priest and sent to the church of the Archangel Michael in Merkushino, a village in the Verkhoturye district. In 1918, during an uprising against Soviet power and the reprisals that followed, he and the churchwarden were shot in front of the villagers on 14 July (27 July New Style). Local people asked to rebury them, and the funeral took place on 17 July.
His remains were found in 2002 during the restoration of the church, with a small Gospel bearing his inscription. He was canonized among the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church the same year.
Places
- Place of birth: Yekaterinburg
- Place of death: Merkushino
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