Presbyter
Saint Vladimir was born on June 29, 1874, in Moscow. He was born into the family of the priest Alexander Proferansov. In 1898, he graduated from the theological school and began working as a teacher. In 1902, he was appointed a chanter at the Church of St. George in Lubyanka. From 1915, he served as the starosta of the Church of St. George, while in 1916 he was ordained a deacon. In 1920, he was ordained a priest. From 1923 onward, he served as secretary to the Patriarch Tikhon.
On January 9, 1932, he was called for interrogation, during which he was offered an agreement to cooperate with the authorities. The saint refused. On February 8, 1932, he was arrested and imprisoned at Butyrka Prison. On March 14, 1932, he was sentenced to three years of exile in Semipalatinsk. In 1935, he returned to Mozhaisk, where he was arrested again on December 5, 1937, on charges of counter-revolutionary activity. On December 9, 1937, he was sentenced to death.
Saint Vladimir Proferansov the New Martyr was executed on December 15, 1937, and buried in an unmarked mass grave at the Butovo execution site near Moscow.
