Presbyter
Vasily Krylov was born on July 27, 1892, in the village of Emmaus of the Tver district. He graduated from the Tver Theological Seminary in 1914 and became a teacher in a parish school. In 1917, he was ordained as a deacon, and in 1919 - as a priest at the church in the village of Kuksa. Later, he was appointed the rector of the church.
In 1927, he was dispossessed and accused of 'anti-Soviet agitation,' and he hid with his family. In 1931, he was arrested and sentenced to 3 years of exile. On the way to exile, his mother died. Later, he was exonerated and appointed rector in Zaozerye.
On September 12, 1936, he was arrested again for 'counter-revolutionary activity.' The accused refused to admit his guilt. On February 19, 1937, he was sentenced to 8 years in forced labor camps. He passed away in the North-Eastern forced labor camp.
By the decree of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on December 27, 2000, he was included in the Assembly of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.
