Joann Sergejev

Holy Hieromartyr Joann Sergejev was a priest of the Orthodox Church of Estonia and is counted among the five priests canonized in 2012 as martyrs of the Soviet occupation.

The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate decided on 22 February 2012, on the proposal of the Orthodox Church of Estonia, to canonize eleven clergy and laity who suffered for the faith in the first years of the Soviet occupation: five priests, two deacons, a presbytera and three laypeople. The decision was read on 17 May 2012 in the Transfiguration Cathedral in Tallinn. They are remembered on 14 June, in memory of the deportations of 1941. The sources keep rather few details about the fate of each: some were executed, others died in prison or in camps.

The sources consulted do not keep the story of his life; we know his name, his rank and that he suffered for Christ in those years.