Alexander Zuev

Saint Alexander Zuev (1883 to 1918) was a psalm-⁠reader at the church of Saint Catherine in the village of Divye, in the Perm district, and was shot by the Bolsheviks in May of the year 1918. 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 on 1 November 1883 into the family of the peasant Elisha Zuev. In 1895 he finished the primary school at Motovilikha, in the Perm district. On 16 January 1917 he was appointed psalm-⁠reader at the church of Saint Catherine in the village of Divye, in the same district, built in 1911. He was shot by the Bolsheviks in May 1918.