The biographical directory “Those who suffered for Christ” contains information about clergy and laity of the Russian Orthodox Church who suffered for the Orthodox faith during the years of repression. The directory is compiled based on materials from the database of the same name, developed by Dr. prof. NOT. Emelyanov at the Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University on the basis of the original NIKA DBMS software (developed by the Institute of System Analysis of the Russian Academy of Sciences). Information about the victims is given in alphabetical order. The ninth volume is composed of biographical information starting with the letter L.