Ivan Kononenko was an Eastern Orthodox church regent and martyr who lived in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Born in the village of Solokhi in 1880, he later resided in Kharkiv with his wife and three children. While serving at the Church of the Three Hierarchs, he was arrested by Soviet authorities in April 1938. Following a sentence of death by shooting, he was executed in Kharkiv on May 25, 1938.
Veneration and recognition
He is recognized as a saint within the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. In June 1993, the Holy Synod canonized him as a local saint for the Kharkiv diocese. He is included among the assembly of new martyrs and confessors of the Slobozhanshchyna region. His commemoration is celebrated on May 19 (June 1).