Nicholas Rozov

Holy Confessor Nicholas Rozov was an archpriest at Yaroslavl, personal secretary of Metropolitan Joseph, and died on 8 October 1941, after being sentenced to a camp for leading a sisterhood.

He was born in 1879 in the Yaroslavl province, in a priest's family. He was ordained priest in 1902 and served in various churches of the province, being at the same time director and teacher of religion at a parish school. From 1922 he served at the church of the Holy Spirit in Yaroslavl and in the same year finished the Institute of Archaeology. In the following year he became personal secretary of Metropolitan Joseph (Petrovykh). In 1930 he was arrested; the charge said that he had "led an illegal sisterhood at the church of the Holy Spirit and organised collections of money for prisoners". He was sentenced to three years in a labour camp. The camp where he was held was called the state farm "Giant". At first he was sent to heavy labour, but then, because of illness, he was moved to the office. He worked diligently and was released early. Returned home, in 1933, for a long time he could not obtain a residence permit and settled at Rybinsk, with his brother, the priest Basil Rozov. By then he was ill with dystrophy and scurvy and no longer served. After some years he was able to return to his family in Yaroslavl. He died on 8 October 1941.

He is remembered on 8 October, on 5 June in the Synaxis of the Saints of Rostov and Yaroslavl, and on 7 February (a movable day) in the Synaxis of the New Martyrs and Confessors, in the new style.