Seraphim Vasilenko, Protodeacon
Hieromartyr
Protodeacon
Protodeacon
Saint Martyr Archdeacon Vasilenko was born in 1905. He was a cleric of the Resurrection Church in the city of Bryansk. In July-August 1937, the Orthodox clergy of this church were arrested and soon executed. Father Vasilenko was shot on October 13, 1937. By the decree of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on July 16, 2005, the archdeacon was canonized among the ranks of the New Martyrs.
