Demetrius Kazansky

Holy Hieromartyr Demetrius Kazansky, a priest, was born on 10 February 1884 in the village of Yurkino, in the Yaroslavl province, in a deacon's family. He died in a camp, probably before 1945, the place and date of his death not being known. He was glorified among the saints at the Council of Bishops of 20 August 2000. He is commemorated on 7 February, in the Synaxis of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church, on 5 June, in the Synaxis of the Saints of Rostov and Yaroslavl, and on 17 July.

He became a priest and began to serve at the Savior-⁠Transfiguration Sevastyanov-⁠Sokhot women's monastery in Yaroslavl, where he served until 1929. In 1929 he was arrested, charged with counter-⁠revolutionary activity and sentenced to five years in a camp. After serving his term he was assigned to serve in one of the churches of the town of Lyubim. On 5 March 1937 another arrest took place. He was accused of taking part in a counter-⁠revolutionary group of Tikhonite orientation. At the interrogations he stood firm, denounced no one and denied guilt of anti-⁠state activity. On 15 August 1937 the troika of the NKVD of the Yaroslavl region sentenced him to eight years in a camp, after which he was taken to Sevvostlag, in Nagaevo Bay, in the Far East. From this camp Father Demetrius did not return. In a certificate of 1949 he is listed as deceased.