Eusebius Tryakhov

Holy Martyr Eusebius Tryakhov was born in 1870 in the village of Zabelino in the Kasimov district of the Ryazan province. He was first arrested in 1931, convicted under article 61 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR and sentenced to one year of imprisonment.

At his second arrest, on 21 September 1937, Eusebius Andreevich was living with his wife, aged 62, and worked at home as a craftsman. At the inquiry he did not admit guilt, but on 6 December 1937 the troika of the NKVD administration for the Ryazan region accused him of being an active participant in a counter-⁠revolutionary insurgent and terrorist organization, of conducting defeatist agitation among the people and expressing terrorist sentiments, and sentenced him to death by shooting.

The Russian Church honours him among the New Martyrs and Confessors. His day of commemoration is 23 December (new style). He is also commemorated in the Synaxis of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church, on 7 February, on a movable day, and in the Synaxis of the Saints of Ryazan, on 23 June.