Kedrinsky Pavel Antonovich (Archpriest Pavel)

Born in 1863 in Novgorod Governorate, Cherepovets District, Pustoroditsa churchyard (according to other sources - Pustoradis), in the family of a priest. Graduated from the St. Petersburg Theological Academy in 1892, candidate of theology. Psalm-reader of the Vladimir Church on Vladimirskaya Square in St. Petersburg. In 1894 he was ordained a priest for the same church, and since 1917 - its rector. Arrested in Petrograd on 29.04.1922 in the case of "resisting the confiscation of church valuables." He was accused of "distributing criminal appeals of Metropolitan Veniamin among parishes and believers." Sentenced on 05.017.1922 by the Petrograd Provincial Revolutionary Tribunal under Art. 119.69 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR to 3 years of imprisonment with strict isolation. Place of imprisonment - Petrograd (1922-14.07.1923). Released on 14.17.1923 and again served as rector of the Vladimir Church (closed in June 1932). From June 1932 to April 1935 - rector of the Church of Simeon and Anna. Exiled from Leningrad to the Volga region in 04.1935. Rehabilitated on 31.10.1990 by the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the RSFSR.