The holy martyr Alexander Levitsky

The persecution of Soviet power to the Russian Church was such that it was not to say about their faith, but even silently follow it as a feat. The new martyrs and confessors, glorified in the face of the saints did not come: believed, prayed and meekly went to their Calvarys.

“Polit.ru” recalls those who gave their lives for faith and by whose prayers the Russian Church is alive - even if almost nothing came to us besides the name.

Publications were prepared by Kirill Kharatyan (included by the Russian authorities in the register of foreign agents).

Icon Cathedral of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russian

Alexander Levitsky - the son of a priest from the village of Mishkovka, Starodubsky district of the Oryol region. In 1892, being 24 years old, he graduated from the Chernihiv Theological Seminary. He married, six children were born in the family. On April 28, 1893 he was ordained a priest by Bishop of Chernigov Sergius (Sokolov) to the temple in the name of the Holy Righteous Zachariah and Elisavethygorod Starodub and appointed law teacher at the Staroduba City School. He was a member of the board of this school.

From 1896 to 1898 he was a member of the Committee for the Building of a new building for the Starodubsky Theological School. In 1897-98 he took part in the folk readings of the Orthodox Palestinian society dedicated to acquaintance with the Holy Land conducted in the city of Starodub.

Was erected to the rank of Archpriest.

By 1937 he served in the temple in honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the city of Starodub.

On October 20, 1937, he was arrested on charges of counter -revolutionary activity and was imprisoned by Starodub. He passed the group affairs of the Staroduba priests along with Alexy Tyutyunov, John Nikolsky, Kornilius Zavalovich and Mitrofan Kornitsky. He did not plead guilty, like all other priests who passed in the case.

On November 22, 1937, a special three under the Office of the NKVD in the Oryol region sentenced them to be shot with confiscation of property.

Shot on December 7, 1937 in the city of Klintsy of the Bryansk region, buried in an unknown grave.