Presbyter
Saint Martyr Vasily was born on January 12, 1895, in Moscow to the family of Fyodor Alexeyevich and Sofia Pavlovna Nadezhdins. In 1910, he graduated from the Zaiikonospasskoye Theological School, and in 1916 — from the Moscow Theological Seminary. He studied at the seminary and expressed a desire to become a priest. In the summer of 1916, he went to Kishinev to prepare for exams, and in the autumn, he entered the Moscow Theological Academy. At the end of 1919, the academy was closed, and Vasily married Elena Sergeyevna Borisoglebskaya. He served in the village of Nikolsky Poim, where he worked as a teacher until 1921. On June 24, 1921, he was ordained a deacon, and on June 26 — a priest. In the church where he served, Vasily created a youth choir and taught children church singing and catechism. In 1928, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis and went away for treatment. On October 28, 1928, he was arrested and imprisoned in Butyrka prison, where he was accused of 'organizing a Christian youth group.' On November 20, 1929, he was sentenced to three years of imprisonment in a concentration camp and sent to Solovki. During his illness, his wife came to him, but he fell ill with typhus and passed away on February 19, 1930, in the camp hospital. The camp chief allowed his wife to pray overnight next to the body and to bury him in the cemetery in Kemi.
