Hieromartyr
Hieromartyr Gennady Zdorovtsev
1868 — 1918
Also known as: Сщмч. Геннадий, пресвитер (1918), Геннадий Николаевич Здоровцев, Священномученик Геннадий Здоровцев, пресвитер
A priest of Yaroslavl, rector of the Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, shot on 18 July 1918 during the suppression of the Yaroslavl uprising; glorified in 2001.
Gennady Nikolaevich Zdorovtsev was born in 1868 into a clergy family of the Yaroslavl diocese. After graduating from the Yaroslavl Theological Seminary in 1888 he taught at a rural school, was soon ordained priest and served in village parishes of Lyubim district, teaching the Law of God in parish schools.
In 1907 he was transferred to the Dormition Cathedral in Yaroslavl, and in 1914 he became rector of the Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in Yaroslavl; he also served on the diocesan consistory and on seminary and school boards, and in 1913 was awarded the pectoral cross.
After the revolution Fr Gennady was arrested and on 18 July (5 July Old Style) 1918 he was shot; according to the Orthodox Encyclopedia, by Red Army soldiers during the suppression of the Yaroslavl uprising. He was glorified by the Holy Synod in 2001. Feast: 5 (18) July; also in the Synaxis of Rostov-Yaroslavl Saints and the Synaxis of New Martyrs.