Presbyter
Saint Martyr Vasily was born on December 23, 1874, in the village of Vypolzovo, Kurmysh district, Simbirsk province. In 1908, Vasily served as a psalm-reader, and in 1919 he was ordained to the rank of deacon, and in 1923 — to the rank of priest. In 1933, he served in his native village of Vypolzovo. On January 16, 1933, Priest Vasily was arrested on false charges of anti-Soviet agitation and imprisoned in the city of Alatyr.
During the interrogation, the priest denied all accusations, asserting that he had not engaged in anti-Soviet agitation. On January 31, 1933, the prison doctor recorded his poor health condition. In May 1932, the investigation was terminated due to lack of evidence. The priest continued his ministry, but in 1937 he was arrested again and held in the Poretsky district department of the NKVD.
On October 22, 1937, during the interrogation, he denied all accusations of anti-Soviet agitation. On December 30, 1937, by the NKVD troika, he was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment in a labor camp. He died on March 14, 1943, in the Temnikov camp in Mordovia and was buried in an unmarked grave in the camp cemetery.
