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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Hieromartyr

Alexis Znamensky

A Russian priest who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.

Feast
July 20old style August 2
Reposed
193820th century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Hieromartyr Alexis Znamensky, a protopriest, was born in 1882 and was shot on 2 August 1938, at the age of fifty-⁠six. By a decision of the Holy Synod of 11 April 2006 he was glorified among the saints; the documents for canonization were submitted by the diocese of Moscow.

The sources available to us give no further details of his life, his place of service or his trial. The Russian Church commemorates him on 2 August, on 7 February, in the Synaxis of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church, and on 5 September, in the Synaxis of the Moscow Saints.

Commemorated the same day July 20