Nicholas Priklonsky

Holy Hieromartyr Nicholas Priklonsky was a priest in the village of Abdey, in the Mamadysh district, and was killed on 20 October 1918, together with Father Vasily Luzin of the same parish.

He was born in 1871 and graduated from the Kazan seminary and the missionary courses. He was a teacher of religion at the parish school, was ordained priest in 1897, and had served at Abdey since 1901. On 11 October 1918 he was arrested and questioned by the head of the local militia. He answered that he did not consider himself guilty: he had not gone against the Soviets and had not organized the defence band, which was made up of young men for self-⁠defence only and had lasted three or four days. He was killed on 20 October.

He is honoured in the Synaxis of the Saints of Kazan, on 4 October by the old calendar (17 October by the new).