Anatoly Chistousov

Fr. Anatoly Chistousov (in world Anatoly Ivanovich Chistousov, born 1953, Kirov — died February 14, 1996, village Old Achkhoy, Chechnya) is a priest of Russian Orthodox Church, martyred in Chechnya.

Biography

He graduated a military college of navigators of the Air Forces and pedagogical institute (in absentia). In the eighties the XX-th century he served as the officer-tutor in one of military colleges of the city of Stavropol.

In 1993 he retired from of the army. The major of a stock.

On March 18, 1994 by Metropolitan Gedeon (Dokikin) he was ordained a deacon.

On March, 20, 1994 he was ordained a priest.

On March 21, 1994 he was appointed to help of Protopriest of orthodox churches of the Chechen Republic.

Since March, 15th, 1995 he was a rector of Michael Archangel church of the city of Grozny and Protopriest of orthodox churches in Chechnya.

On January 29th, 1996, during the First Chechen war, together with archpriest Sergius Zhigulin he has been grasped by terrorists and was placed in a concentration camp of so-called «Department of state security of the Chechen republic Ichkeria». Under tortures he did not stipulated itself and not renounced belief and, as a result, has been shot by them.

He was martyred in February 14th, 1996.

Remains of father Anatoly were exhumated just in July, 2003 in mountains near Old Achkhoy.