Vvedensky, Vladimir Fedorovich (holy martyr)

Born in a psalmist family. In 1883 he graduated from the Vladimir Theological College in the first category ^[1] .

After graduating from the Vladimir Theological Seminary in 1889, he married and was ordained a priest to the Church of the Nativity of Christ in the village of Lezhnev of the Kovrov district of Vladimir province, and since its 1920s has been its rector . In 1922, he was briefly arrested during a campaign to seize church property .

Arrest, Investigation, Sentence, and Death

In early 1930, authorities decided to close the Church of the Nativity of Christ. On February 4, Vladimir’s father was arrested, accused of “campaigning against collective farms , taxes and other events of the Soviet government”, as well as “anti-Soviet activities” (which, according to the authorities, consisted in disseminating “religious opinions ... through churches, prayers ” and sermons ) . Vvedensky pleaded not guilty to the charges. When asked about the attitude towards renovationism , which, thanks to the support of the authorities, has spread in these places, the priest replied that he and the church clergy do not agree with the renovationists.

On February 6, Priest Vladimir Vvedensky was transferred to a prison in Shuya , while other priests who served at the church, members of the church council and nuns who carried obedience to altars and psalm women were arrested in Lezhnev. On February 11, the investigation was completed. The indictment stated that the “anti-Soviet group” in Lezhnev conducted “anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda aimed at disrupting the events and inciting the peasants and workers of the Lezhnevsky district against the Soviet regime ... Meeting in the church after prayers under the guise of solving church affairs, they resolved anti-Soviet issues ". On February 15, the OGPU troika sentenced Vladimir Vvedensky to three years in prison . The family of the priest (spouse, three daughters and a son) after his conviction was deprived of civil rights, the rural authorities sent them to the most difficult public works (logging). Requests for reinstatement were denied.

March 30, 1930 Vvedensky arrived at the camp, worked as a day worker, a clothes dryer, a collector of scrap materials.

On March 5, 1931, the administration of the Solovetsky Special Purpose Camp described Vvedensky as "anti-Soviet." At this time, he was on a business trip "Golgotha" on Anzersky island . Here, on an outpatient examination, he was diagnosed with " Myocarditis , arteriosclerosis , exhaustion, and senile weakness." On March 26, due to deteriorating health conditions, Father Vladimir was admitted to a hospital located in the former Golgotho-Raspyatsky Monastery , where he soon died. April 5 was buried in a cemetery near the Resurrection Church on Anzersky Island ^[2] .

The holy martyr Vladimir Lezhnevsky was included in the Cathedral of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia by a resolution of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on March 12, 2002.

In January 2018, in Lezhnev, a memorial plaque was installed on the building in which Father Vladimir taught at the beginning of the 20th century ^[3] .

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