Yevfimy Petrovich Kochev was born in 1867 in the village of Vilygort, Usty-Sysolsky district of Vologda province. He came from a peasant family of Komi origin and, having completed a 3-year rural school, was proficient in the Russian language. He engaged in the production of tuyes (a type of wooden craft), carpentry, and the yamsky (transportation) trade. He actively participated in church life, making donations to the local church in honor of the Meeting of the Lord. In 1936, he was elected church elder. In June 1937, when the authorities decided to close the church, he collected signatures in defense of the temple. On September 13, employees of the NKVD arrived in Vilygort, but he refused to hand over the keys to the church and attempted to gather the people. He was detained on September 14 and placed in the Syktyvkar prison. During the interrogation, he confirmed that he defended the church, rejecting accusations of 'active counter-revolutionary activity.' On September 16, he was sentenced to the highest measure of punishment and executed on September 18. He was buried in an unmarked grave, and his name was included in the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia on October 6, 2001.
