Presbyter
Saint Basil Rozanov was born on June 22, 1872, in the village of Chernitskoye, Pskov Province, in a priest's family. He graduated from the Pskov Theological Seminary and became a teacher and law teacher in his native village.
Ordained as a priest in 1902, he became the rector of the Chernitskaya Pokrovskaya Church. In 1905, he was transferred to the Assumption Church of the village of Kopylko, and then appointed as the rector of the Kazan Church in the village of Glubokoye. He served until the church was closed by the god-fighters.
With the advent of Soviet power, he was deprived of civil rights. After the closure of the church in Glubokoye, he tried to move to another church but was not allowed. He returned to Chernitskoye, where he continued his parish activities, secretly performing services and organizing processions with the icon of the Mother of God.
Arrested by the NKVD, he was accused of counter-revolutionary agitation and shot on November 27, 1937, at the age of 65. He was buried in an unmarked grave.
