Mosaic icon of the Hieromartyr Vasily Studnitsyn consecrated in Serpukhov

In the Church of All Saints of the city of Serpukhov, the consecration of the mosaic icon of the Hieromartyr Vasily Studnitsyn, the archpriest who served in this church and was shot in 1937, took place. The image was created as part of the project of the Serpukhov deanery, during which the masters during the year produce mosaic icons of saints whose life and ministry were associated with the Serpukhov land. Upon completion of the project, the icons will be transferred to the temples and placed on the facades of the temple complexes.

The celebration was attended by students and graduates of the Sunday school at the temple, which bears the name of the Hieromartyr. Children study his life and honor him as their heavenly patron.

Vasily Alekseevich Studnitsyn was born on March 18, 1890 in Serpukhov in the family of a psalmist. In 1914 he graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary and entered the cemetery church of All Saints as a psalmist. In 1920 he was ordained a priest to this church, and in 1929 he was transferred to the Trinity Church of Serpukhov.

In 1930, Father Vasily was arrested for tax evasion and sentenced to a year of forced labor camps. Returning from prison, he continued his service in the Trinity Church, was elevated to the rank of archpriest and in 1936 was appointed dean of the Serpukhov district.

On November 26, 1937, Archpriest Vasily was arrested on charges of “counter-revolutionary activity.” On December 5, the NKVD troika sentenced him to death. The sentence was executed on December 9, 1937 at the Butovo training ground near Moscow.

The Hieromartyr Vasily Studnitsyn was included in the Council of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church of December 26, 2001. Days of Remembrance – December 9 (November 26, old style) and in the Cathedral of the New Martyrs, in Butovo victims.