Interestingly, while still young, Nikolai wanted to join a monastery. Under Nikolai’s influence, Maria converted from Lutheranism to Orthodoxy, and in 1932 they married. He was forced to transfer to work at the Moscow Seed Control Station, where he met his future wife Maria Frantsevna Grinkevich. In 1919, during an “ideological personnel check,” Nikolai openly confessed his faith and was fired. After graduating from the Petrovskaya Agricultural Academy as an agronomist-fieldsman, he worked in his profession for some time. Nikolai moved to Moscow, where he was the caretaker of his younger brothers. In 1920, Nikolai’s mother died of smallpox, which she contracted while taking care of peasants. Later he recalled once disobeying an order to remove a cross from his chest during an inspection and being punished by cleaning toilets. In 1918 Nikolai was recruited and served two years in the rear militia of the Red Army. ![]() He readily helped his younger brothers in their studies and assisted his mother in the household, always willingly doing even the most menial of tasks. But the most important thing he did for us was instilling in us a love of justice and work, as well as compassion for the poor and needy.”Īfter his father’s death in 1911, Nikolai became the oldest man in the family. He always kept track of our progress, health, and behavior. He was especially upset when I was rude to Mom. In his memoirs, he wrote: “When I was a child, my father often gave me a hard time. The seventh of twelve children, and the eldest son in a deeply religious family, the future elder was a playful child. Nikolai was born on October 12, 1900, in Sergiev Posad. “Good soil” for God’s Seeds in the Golubtsov Family In this article, we will delve into the fascinating life story of Archpriest Nikolai Golubtsov, a good shepherd to the flock entrusted to him by God. He provided guidance to many souls through his gift of love for people and grace of confession. ![]() He performed the burial service of the Blessed Matrona of Moscow and had the courage to baptize Joseph Stalin’s daughter. Father Nikolai was at the very core of religious events in recent Russian history. Archpriest Nikolai Golubtsov is an influential and beloved figure in the spiritual landscape of Moscow.
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