Hieromartyr
Theoctistus Khoperskov
A Russian priest who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
- Feast
- December 28old style January 10
- Reposed
- 193820th century
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Hieromartyr Theoctistus Khoperskov, a priest, was born in 1874 in the village of Putim in the Tambov province. His full name was Theoctistus Arsenievich Khoperskov. At the time of his arrest, on 12 December 1937, he was serving at the church in the village of Borovok, in the Novoderevensk district of the Ryazan region.
On 26 December 1937 the priest was condemned by the troika of the NKVD Directorate of the Ryazan region and sentenced to death by shooting. The sentence was carried out on 10 January 1938. The Church commemorates him on 10 January, the day of his martyrdom, and, according to the Azbyka page, on 23 June and 10 August. The year of his canonization is not given.
Commemorated the same day December 28
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