Igumen Anthony (Korolev)
When a new wave of persecutions broke out in the 1960s, the authorities decided to close down one of the churches in the area, and their choice fell on Malye Yasyrki. But the sisters and the parishioners stood up for the church.
The show caused outrage in Ukrainian society, among representatives of various religious.
After the Divine Liturgy, a memorial service was held for the monastery’s founder, Schemanun Martha.
n the Soviet era the church in Malye Yasyrki was a spiritual center where people came for prayer and spiritual guidance not only from all over the Voronezh region, but also from across the USSR.
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