Presbyter
Saint Martyr Vasily was born on December 30, 1877, in the village of Patakino, Vladimir Province, in the family of a psalmist, Ksenofont Malinin. After graduating from the Vladimir Theological Seminary, he was ordained a priest and served in the church in honor of St. Cornelius in the city of Pereslavl. Over time, Father Vasily was elevated to the rank of protodeacon and awarded a mitre.
On December 1, 1936, a local NKVD officer recorded that children-students, including pioneers, were visiting the Cornelius Church in the city of Pereslavl daily, where Father Malinin spoke with them. He attracted children with various offers, including the distribution of prosphora and stories about religious holidays.
On October 18, 1937, Protodeacon Vasily was arrested and imprisoned in a jail in Yaroslavl. The investigation revealed that he maintained relations with other priests and involved children in the church. On October 28, the NKVD troika sentenced him to ten years of imprisonment in a corrective labor camp.
On January 19, 1938, he arrived at one of the camps of the BAMlag, from where he was sent to the Far East. Protodeacon Vasily Malinin died on April 10, 1938, in one of the camps in the Far East and was buried in an unmarked grave.
