Biography
On the morning of April 3, 2019, in the city of Porkhov (Pskov region), FSB officers broke into the apartment of peaceful believers. The operation was accompanied by searches, interrogations, confiscation of personal belongings, hacking of Internet resources. Its victims were the spouses Sergey and Svetlana Komissarov, whom the investigation suspects of "spreading the doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses in the territory of the city of Porkhov." What do we know about Sergey?
Sergey was born in 1966 in the city of Plunge (Lithuania), and his parents are from the Smolensk region. His father was a military man, his mother was a philologist and teacher. The only son of his parents. As a child, he was fond of rugby and canoeing. Later the family moved to Smolensk. At the age of 15 he became interested in tourism, was a member of a tourist club.
Sergey graduated from a vocational school and a construction college, having mastered the professions of an electrician and foreman. Later, he independently acquired the skills of a carpenter, tiler, painter-plasterer. In his student years, he participated in amateur performances, playing guitar and banjo as part of a jazz band. In his free time, he likes to play volleyball with friends, go out of town with tents, take pictures of nature, travel and read books, discovering something new. He has an adult daughter from his first marriage.
Even at an early age, Sergey was tormented by questions about God: why are there so many religions? Why are they so different? Is there a standard for proper worship of God? After talking about this with a believing grandmother, I firmly decided to find and read the Bible. He was convinced of the truth of the Holy Book by the clarity and comprehensibility of the description of the future. He also admired the love, sincerity and openness of his new Christian friends.
Soon Sergey married Svetlana. In 2014, the couple moved to Porkhov and led a quiet life there until the family was hit by misfortune - criminal prosecution because of their faith.
Sergey worries about his elderly parents and fears that the news of his persecution will worsen their already difficult health condition.