Hieromartyr
Alexis Ilinsky
A Russian priest who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
Life
Holy Hieromartyr Alexis Ilinsky, a priest, was born in 1870 in the village of Titovo in the Tver province and served at the church of the village of Spas, in the Staritsa district. Arrested in 1931 for "anti-Soviet agitation", he died on 4 August 1931 in the Karlag camp in Kazakhstan, on the way into exile.
On 11 March 1931 Father Alexis was arrested and charged with agitation against the authorities. On 3 April 1931 the OGPU troika of the Moscow region sentenced him to five years in a labour camp, a term commuted to the same length of exile in Kazakhstan. He was sent by stages to the Karaganda region. On 18 June 1931 he arrived at the Karlag camp, with the further destination of Akmolinsk, but never reached it. He reposed on 4 August 1931, in Karlag.
The Russian Church commemorates him among the New Martyrs and Confessors, on 7 February (new style) and in the Synaxis of the Saints of Tver, on 18 July.
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