Alexander Preobrazhensky

Saint Hieromartyr Alexander Preobrazhensky (1861 to 1918) was an archpriest and dean in the Solikamsk district and was shot by the Bolsheviks in September 1918, at Usolye. He is commemorated on 20 June, on 7 February with the synaxis of the new martyrs, and on 14 February with the saints of the Perm metropolis.

He was born in 1861 into the family of the priest Nicholas Preobrazhensky. Finishing the Perm seminary in 1882, he was appointed village teacher. On 2 March 1885 he was ordained priest at the church of the Holy Trinity in the Pozhva plant, Solikamsk district, Perm province, and appointed teacher of religion at the boys' school. In 1894 he was appointed head of the school of literacy at Ust-⁠Pozhva and member of the deanery council, in 1898 head of the Gorodishche school, in 1916 teacher of religion at the higher primary school, in 1917 dean of the second Solikamsk district; for his pedagogical work he was several times noted by the diocesan authorities. In 1906 he received a pectoral cross, and in 1917 was raised to archpriest.

Archpriest Alexander Preobrazhensky was shot by the Bolsheviks in September 1918, in the village of Usolye, Solikamsk district. According to eyewitnesses, the priest died praying fervently and holding a cross in his hand.