Presbyter
Saint Martyr Basil was born on July 28, 1894, in the family of psalmist Vasily Pariskiy. In 1912, he graduated from the Pereyaslav Spiritual School and entered the Vladimir Spiritual Seminary, but only completed the first year. From 1919 to 1922, he served in the army, and then returned to serve as a psalmist. Father Basil was ordained as a deacon in 1925 and as a priest in 1928. He served in churches until 1936, after which he moved to the Assumption Church, where he served until his arrest in 1937.
He was arrested on November 27, 1937, on charges of counter-revolutionary agitation. During the investigation, he denied all accusations. On December 1, 1937, the judicial troika sentenced him to death. He was executed on December 8, 1937, and buried in an unknown common grave at the Butovo firing range near Moscow.
