He was born on July 15, 1888, in the town of Lukov in the Siedlce province to a pious family of a railway worker, Faddey Medvedyuk. He graduated from the theological school in 1910 and served as a psalmist in the Radom Cathedral. The First World War forced him to become a refugee, after which he moved to Moscow and married Varvara Dmitrievna Ivanyukovich in 1915.
In 1916, he was ordained as a deacon, and in 1919 – as a priest. From 1921, he served as the rector of the Church of St. Mitrophan of Voronezh in Petrovsky Park. Father Vladimir actively cared for parish life, attracting youth to Orthodox worship.
During the rampant renovationism, he defended the church from seizure, refusing to hand over the keys to the renovators. In 1925, he was arrested but agreed to cooperate with the OGPU, which tormented his conscience. In 1929, he refused to cooperate and was arrested again, receiving three years of imprisonment in a concentration camp.
His family was evicted from the church house but found shelter in Sergiev Posad. After his release in 1932, he continued to serve until the church was closed in 1933. In 1935, he was elevated to the rank of protodeacon and lived with his family in the church watchman's house.
In 1937, mass arrests began. On November 11, he was arrested, and on December 3, he was executed, buried in an unmarked grave at the Butovo firing range near Moscow. His servants, Tatiana and Maria, who helped him, were also arrested and sentenced.
