Orthodox · 20th century
New Hieromartyr Deacon Basil
Commemorated: April 2 (March 20, Old Style)
Life
Basil Sokolov, born in 1879, was a protodeacon of the Moscow diocese. He died on 2 April 1938, during the Great Terror, and was canonized among the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church in 2003.
Retold briefly in our own words from: Wikipedia (to check the facts).
The commemorations of the day: Ponomar (ponomar.net), CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places and years: Wikidata (CC0), each saint matched by hand.