Eugene Dmitriev

Holy Martyr Eugene Dmitriev, a reader, was born on 18 July 1913 in the village of Samylovo in the Kasimov district of the Ryazan province, in the family of the priest Feodor Andreevich Dmitriev, of an ancient line of priests, and died a martyr on 31 August 1937. He was numbered among the saints by decision of the Holy Synod of 27 December 2000, for veneration throughout the Church.

His mother was Lydia Evgenievna; in the family there were also his sister Natalia, born in 1910, and the sons Alexander, born in 1912, and Nicholas, born in 1915. Alexander later served as a priest in the village of Makkoveevo in the Kasimov district, and Nicholas as a reader in the town of Kasimov. Eugene was a nephew of Archpriest Michael Dmitriev, also counted among the New Martyrs and commemorated on 2 December (19 November, old style).

He served as reader at the church of Saint John the Theologian in the village of Mitino, Kasimov district, then was taken into the army and worked at a factory in Perm.

In 1937 he sent from Perm his last letter to his father, asking him to perform his funeral service. Later it was learned that the workers of that factory had been arrested in a body and, in all likelihood, shot. According to later clarified data, the day of his martyrdom is 31 August 1937.

He is commemorated on 31 August, on 23 June in the Synaxis of the Saints of Ryazan, and on 7 February in the Synaxis of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church (new style).