Demetrius of Tver

Holy New Hieromartyr Demetrius of Tver (Benevolensky) was a priest of the Tver diocese, shot by the communist regime on 27 November 1937, and numbered among the new martyrs and confessors of Russia in 1999.

Demetrius Mikhailovich Benevolensky was born on 10 October 1883 in Vyshny Volochyok, in Tver province. After his ordination to the priesthood in 1911 he was assigned to the church of the Great Martyr Demetrius in the village of Ostrovno, and in 1919 to the church of All the Afflicted in the village of Panoshino (today Udomlya). He later served at the church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God in the village of Sinev in the Dubrovo Sonkovsky district. Because of the zeal with which he carried out his pastoral duty he was arrested and imprisoned several times by the communist authorities. After his last arrest he was shot on 27 November 1937 (14 November by the old style). On 19 September 1999 he was numbered among the new martyrs and confessors of Russia.

He is commemorated on 14 November by the old style (27 November by the new style).