Alexander Shchelkovsky (Krutitskii), Hieromartyr. July 1 (June 18, Old Style) Born in June 1898 in the village Saltykovo Bronnitsy district of Moscow province in the family cantor. 2 March 1938 , at his home Krutitskii Rev. Alexander was arrested by the NKVD and taken to the detention center, the Zahorska ( Sergiev Posad ), where he was held until June 1938 year. During the search took not only books, but also all the things that, from the perspective of the NKVD, were material value. It reached the point that the wife of the priest Pelagei one earring ear removed, and the other pulled out. He was accused of counterrevolutionary propaganda, libel Schelkovskogo district of citizens. The main prosecution witnesses were his nearest neighbors. Significantly further fate main accuser she became drunk, began to lead dissolute lifestyle and has reached the point that in 1946 he killed his son, his mother and sister, for which he was convicted and served a sentence. March 5, he was charged that he, being hostile, among others conducting counter-revolutionary activities. After reviewing the indictment, his father, Alexander refused to subscribe to the text of the judgment, as it was not agree with him. - In what year you were disenfranchised? - Asked the investigator. - I was disenfranchised in 1918 and was not restored to them and to this day, - the priest replied. - Was your land expropriated? - No. My farm was not expropriated. - Has the who of your relatives repressed by the Soviet regime? - From my family to repression by the Soviet authorities no one is. - The investigation has enough data about what you were doing anti-Soviet activities. Do yourself acknowledge in this guilty? - No, Im guilty of this myself do not recognize - said the priest, and that the investigation and interrogations were completed. 14 June 1938 , Alexander Krutitskii judicial troika at the Office of the NKVD of the Moscow region, was sentenced to death. 1 July 1938 , at the firing range in Butovo sentence was carried out. In August 2000 , Archpriest Fr. Alexander Krutitskii canonized Jubilee Bishops Council of the Russian Orthodox Church . He is the first canonized saint on earth Schelkovo.
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