Biography
In January 2022, the family of Pavel Sidorenko, a hardworking pensioner from Kuban, suffered when law enforcement officers raided his home with a search. Because of his religious beliefs, the believer had to face persecution.
Pavel was born in 1958 in Krymsk, Krasnodar Territory. His father was a worker at a sawmill, his mother worked in an atelier. The family had three sons, of whom Paul was the middle. Parents and elder brother are no longer alive.
As a child, Pavel was fond of athletics, loved to play football, volleyball and chess, draw and take pictures. After school, he graduated from the Krasnodar Polytechnic Institute, where he received the specialty of a technologist for the production of bread, bakery, confectionery and pasta.
Pavel worked at the bakery as a process engineer, as well as a mechanic. Later he worked as an engineer in the field of housing and communal services, also as a pumping unit operator and boiler operator of the Southern Research and Production Association for Marine Geological Exploration. He was also engaged in the renovation of premises. He is now retired.
Pavel met his future wife Marina at the institute. In 1981 they got married. Marina is a winemaking technologist by profession. She worked as a microbiologist at a winery and as a laboratory chemist in a boiler room. She loves needlework, growing flowers, especially roses, cooking healthy food and receiving guests. The couple raised a daughter who was fond of playing the violin as a child. She is a hairdresser, loves to learn foreign languages and travel. He lives with his parents.
The family lived in Gelendzhik, Goryachy Klyuch, and later moved to the suburbs of Krasnodar. They love to spend time together, be in nature with friends, learn songs and sing to the accompaniment of a synthesizer.
Paul was worried about the questions: how did the universe come into being? How did life originate on Earth? Is there a God? Who was Jesus Christ? His wife was also interested in this. At first, Paul was skeptical about the Bible. However, later, when he met Jehovah's Witnesses, who showed him logical answers to his questions in the Scriptures, he changed his attitude. He was struck by the exact fulfillment of Bible prophecy and the prospect of a better life. In 1991, Pavel and Marina decided to embark on the Christian path together.
The criminal prosecution affected the physical and emotional state of his entire family. The stress of the search had a negative impact on her daughter's health. Despite this, Pavel tries to look at what is happening with optimism. He shares: "Relatives and friends are a great help. The criminal prosecution has brought our family closer together and made us appreciate the time we spent together even more."