Venerable Martyr Anastasia was born on October 8, 1873, in the village of Mashutino, Vladimir Province. In 1895, she entered the Spaso-Vlahernsky Monastery, where she labored until 1927. After that, she moved to her brother's home and engaged in sewing and farming. Anastasia attended services in the neighboring village, served as a psalmist, and collected money to pay the church tax. In August 1937, during the persecution of the Russian Orthodox Church, Anastasia was arrested and imprisoned. During the interrogation, she refused to admit guilt in anti-Soviet agitation. On October 10, 1937, the NKVD troika sentenced her to eight years of imprisonment in a labor camp. Anastasia spent a short time in Ivdellag, where she died on December 17, 1937, and was buried in an unmarked grave.
