the holy new martyrs of eastern russia - Coptic Orthodox teaching

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Priest Nicholas Georgievich Zavarin was born in 1882 in the village of
Spasskoye, Vokhansk uyezd into a peasant family, and went to theological
seminary in Vologda. He served in the village of Poludennoye, Petropavlovsk
uyezd in Siberia, and from 1926 in the village of Ledenskoye, Vokhansk
region. He supported Bishop Victor (Ostrovidov). In 1930 he was arrested
and sentenced to two years in the camps and sent to a camp. In June, 1932 he
was exiled to Arkhangelsk, where he worked in forestry. In June, 1934 he was
released from exile and settled in the village of Zavetluzhye, Pyschugsky
region, serving in the local church. On March 3, 1935 he was arrested for anti-
Soviet agitation, and on June 21 was sentenced to three years in the camps
and sent to Karlag. On October 30, 1937 he was arrested in camp, and on
November 30 was sentenced to death and shot on the same day.
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Priest Ivan Stepanovich Mamayev was born in 1899 in the village of
Dushkiny, Arbazh uyezd, where he served. In 1928 he was appointed dean of
the second district of the Kotelnich region, and in 1928 succeeded in
persuading the believers of the village of Letyagi, Arbazh region to join the
Catacomb Church under Bishop Victor. In 1930 he was arrested for being “a
participant in the counter-revolutionary organization of churchmen, the ‘True
Orthodox Church’”, and on May 26 was sentenced to five years in the camps
and sent to Karlag. In 1936 he was arrested in camp, and on October 27 his
sentence was increased to five years. In 1937 he was arrested in camp, and on
December 8 he was sentenced to death. On December 10 he was shot.
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Priest Nicholas Dmitrievich Fokin was born in 1873 in the village of
Krasnaya rechka, Yaransk uyezd, and went to a theological seminary. A priest
of the “Victorite” orientation, he served in the village of Chigiren, Kyrchansk
region. In the summer of 1937 he was arrested for being “a participant in the
counter-revolutionary organization of churchpeople, ‘the True Orthodox
Church’”, and on December 9 he was sentenced to death. On December 11 he
was shot.
Priest Nicholas Nikolayevich Kurbanovsky was born in 1881 in Vyatka,
and went to a theological seminary. He was disenfranchised. He served in
Kotelnich, where he was arrested in 1932 and accused of “joining the staff of a
church-monarchist organization, the True Orthodox Church”, of “being an
activist of the organization” and of “conducting counter-revolutionary work
in the population”. In the autumn of 1937 he was arrested in Vyatka province,
and on December 9 was sentenced to death. On December 13 he was shot in
Vyatka prison.
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