Presbyter
Saint Basil Krylov was born on July 27, 1892, in the village of Emmaus in the Tver Province. In 1914, he graduated from the Tver Theological Seminary and became a teacher at a parish school. In 1917, he was ordained a deacon, while in 1919 he became a priest, serving in the church of the village of Kuksa. He was later appointed rector of the parish.
In 1927, his property was confiscated, and he was accused of spreading anti-Soviet propaganda. As a result, he was persecuted and forced to go into hiding with his family. In 1931, he was arrested and sentenced to three years of exile. During the journey to his place of exile, his mother lost her life. He was subsequently declared innocent and appointed rector of the parish in Zaozerye.
On September 12, 1936, he was arrested again on charges of counter-revolutionary activity. Although he firmly denied all accusations, he was sentenced on February 19, 1937, to eight years of forced labor. He died in a labor camp in the North-Eastern region of the Soviet Union.
By decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, Martyr Basil Krylov was glorified among the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia on December 27, 2000.
