Demetrius Voznesensky

Holy Hieromartyr Demetrius Voznesensky, a priest (1855-1918), served in the village of Nikolo-⁠Zamoshye and received the crown of martyrdom by shooting in the night of 17 to 18 October 1918, at the Shestikhino station. He was numbered among the saints in 2000. He is commemorated on 31 October, on 7 February, in the Synaxis of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church, and on 5 June, in the Synaxis of the Saints of Rostov and Yaroslavl.

Dmitry Pavlovich Voznesensky was born in 1855 in the village of Nikolo-⁠Zamoshye. In 1877 he finished the seminary in Yaroslavl and was assigned psalm-⁠reader at the church in his native village, then was ordained deacon. In 1910 he became a priest. The revolution and the civil war did not pass by the village of Nikolo-⁠Zamoshye. On 16 October 1918 an uprising against Soviet power broke out on the territory of the parish. At the request of the insurgents a procession and a moleben were held, after which Father Demetrius gave a sermon in which he rebuked the God-⁠fighting plans of the Bolsheviks. The next day a punitive detachment arrived and dispersed the insurgents. The ringing of the bell for the morning service was taken by the punishers as a signal of resistance. During the Liturgy a Red guardsman tried to shoot Father Demetrius through the open Royal Doors, but the rifle failed. Then the soldiers came to the priest's home after the service, arrested him and, with mockery, took him to the railway station of Shestikhino, where he was shot in the night of 17 to 18 October 1918.