Hieromartyr
Nicholas Kedrov
Priest of Yaransk
A priest of Yaransk who died a martyr in 1936, father of Archbishop Pachomius, venerated by the faithful without synodal canonization.
Life
Holy Hieromartyr Nicholas Kedrov was a priest in the town of Yaransk, in the Vyatka region of Russia, and died a martyr in 1936. He was the father of Archbishop Pachomius.
With his wife, the priest's wife Elizabeth, he had three sons and a daughter, Vera. Two of the sons, Pachomius and Averky, also received the crown of martyrdom as hieromartyrs, and the third, Michael, became a bishop at Braslaw in Poland. The sources say no more about his life than that he suffered in 1936.
He is venerated by the faithful without synodal canonization. The Greek calendar (new style) commemorates him on 15 May, together with his sons Averky and Pachomius.
Commemorated the same day May 15
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