Staroe Sandovo, Tver Province – A priest of the Bezhetsk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church tragically perished in a fire over the weekend.
A fire broke out in a residential building in the village of Staroe Sandovo, Tver Province, on Sunday evening. The body of Archpriest Vyacheslav Zernov of the local Church of the Nativity of Christ was found as the firefighters fought the flames, reports tverigrad.ru.
“Archpriest Vyacheslav Zernov was a deeply religious, kind and modest man who responsibly carried out the obediences entrusted to him, treated people with love and himself enjoyed the deserved love and respect of the clergy and parishioners,” writes the Bezhetsk Diocese.
He was ordained to the priesthood on February 15, 1992, and was appointed rector of the church in Staroe Sandovo later that year.
His funeral was served by His Eminence Archbishop Kallistrat of Bezhetsk on Tuesday.
May Fr. Vyacheslav’s memory be eternal!