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October 24, 1924 the nominal decree of Patriarch Tikhon Kiev- Pechersk Lavra was provided stavropegic under direct supervision of the actions of the Patriarch. The Greek word"stavropegic"is translated as" independent" on the leaders of the monastery - the complete independence of their actions from the local ecclesiastical authorities.This decree extended to Feodosievskoe and Voskresenskoe monastery , were subordinated to the monastery , which is controlled by Mikhail Schema-Abbess in the world - Shchelkin Elizabeth Feodorovna.Decree Governing Kiev diocese Bishop Macarius of 30 October 1924, and Voskresenskoe Feodosievskoe monastery became known as the Kiev Monastery stauropegic.
About Schema-Abbess Michael ( Elizabeth Feodorovna SCHYOLKIN ) Not much is known.She was born in 1862 into a peasant family in the village of Novo- Vyazhi Vasilievsky district of Tula region. At an early age was left an orphan and was brought up to 16 years in the family priest Peter is cedar.With 17 years became a nun in the convent Antoleptovekom ( 8 km from the town of Dvinsk ).After graduating from the Zemstvo midwifery school in the city of Rivne, became head of the hospital in his monastery.In 1889 tonsured a nun named Maria. From 1900 to 1904 - a nurse in the Russian expeditionary army in China. From 1904 to 1905 - worked as a nurse in the hospital during the Russian -Japanese war. In 1905-1906, - Antoleptovskogo abbess of the monastery. Since 1906 - the abbess Feodosievskogo monastery of Kiev Pechersk Lavra.In 1917, a goal adopted the monastic name of Michaels.As"fervent monarchist ," from the early days of the revolution was hostile against the Soviets , held her temporary and constantly proved the inevitability of her death and the return of the Tsar in Russia.
In December 1924, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra with all farmsteads on authorities ordered closed. However, monks of the monastery in Kiev Stavropegial approximately 200 people after the closure of the monastery did not split , but settled illegally in private homes in the suburbs of Kiev, in the village Borshhagivka , led by Schema-Abbess and Archimandrite Michael Michaels (in the world Alexander Kostyuk.In October 1924 nominal decree of Patriarch Tikhon of the Holy Dormition Cathedral in Dare , Mitred Archpriest Michael was awarded Stavropegial svyaschennoarhimandritom ) continued to conduct clandestine worship. Thus, the authorities closed the monastery Kiev Stavropegic secretly continued to exist.
After the death of Patriarch Tikhon and the proclamation of the Declaration of Metropolitan Sergius Schema-Abbess Archimandrite Michael and Michael refused to recognize the authority of Metropolitan Sergius mestoblyustitelskih ( Old Town ) , convinced that the Russian Orthodox Church, which he represents ," Sell the Soviet regime ».
in December 1929, the police with.Borshhagivka came denunciation of illegal prayer meetings after the believers here monastic community headed by Mikhail Schema-Abbess.Authorities reacted quickly , Archimandrite Michael and Basil ( Voichenko ) of Nicholas Monastery , Schema-Abbess Michael and nine monks were arrested.
Three months later Archimandrite Michael and Michael Schema-Abbess had been released from prison and at the request of local authorities in the same day, checked out s. Borshhagivka in Kiev, where he secretly settled nuns Lupandina.Later Michael Schema-Abbess had to move to an apartment nun Pelagia Ivakhnenko.
At the direction of Michaels nuns began to leave the province to collect donations for illegal monastery and attract new people into it.Schema-Abbess Michael in the late 20 -ies was tonsured a monk many admirers of her sat the Sumy region , Kirovohrad , Kyiv and other regions.
At the beginning of 1930 , realizing that keep underground monastery monasticism at idle impossible Archimandrite Michael suggested translate community members on workers.Monks and nuns at the direction of Archimandrite became formalized to work on enterprise and government agencies to join the union and creating visibility for the surrounding secular lifestyle. At the same time , Archimandrite Michael summoned to Kiev from villages and Rebedaylovka Srebrovka Kirovograd region a large group of monks , mostly men , inviting them to do a job here at the factories and railways and become union members. All monks had to make monthly cash in a monastery 10 %of their salary , so-called"charity".With these funds, bought homes and property of the monastery to accommodate members of the community , which gradually grew.Only in Kiev was thus acquired 13 private homes.
By the end of 1930 all the monks worked in Kiev , in addition, at the direction of Archimandrite Michael, monks and nuns came into sham marriages , as these"families," as homeowners could formalize purchased home. Sham marriages allowed in homes also prescribe new members of the monastic community , which became particularly important after 1937, when the residence in Kiev became difficult. Monastics old age , those not working , processed in the"family"as their" relatives" living their dependents and passing young experience monastic life. Since the monks in the community was significantly less than the nuns , the most reliable men were fictitiously"married"on different passports in two or three nuns , and, all of these" families" were decorated home.
Little secret monastic communities Kiev Stavropegial monastery were also in many villages Kirovograd region (villages : Rebedaylovka , Bereznyaki , Veronka , Plyakovka , Kytaygorod , Mikhailovka Medvedovka , Kamenka, Alexandrovka Fedvar , Guy Green ) , in towns and villages of the Kiev ( city : Dare , Cherkasy, Chigirin , and Vergunov Hudoleevka.Villages Wolves Petrivtsi , Old Petrovtsy , Girenko , Makarova , Boiarka , Budaevka , Borschagovka, Juliani and scoops ) , Sumy (eg , in the village Yaroshevka ) Romnenskoy (eg , in the village Gritsevka ) , Poltava and Chernihiv areas.
The most significant was a branch of the Kiev monastery in the village district Zaytsevo Gorlovka Stalin Region , with more than a hundred monks , who came back in 1914. His was the organizer and leader Serafim Schema-Abbess , most of the members of his monastic community was tonsured at the Kiev- Pechersk Lavra.His spiritual mother they thought Michael Schema-Abbess , which since 1919 has taken him under his care as a branch of the Kiev Monastery Stavropegial , and led them through the Schema-Abbess Seraphim.The spiritual life of the monastic community in the village Zaytsevo proceeded just as in Kiev stavropegic monasteries.By Michael Schema-Abbess constantly come for spiritual blessing and a resolution of complex problems in the new environment The assistant Schema-Abbess Serafima nun Anastasia.Every year she passed as part of the funds from the proceeds of their convent.
Kiev stavropegic monasteries also helped Vasilisa John Zlatoust Monastery, which was the abbess of a spiritual daughter of Schema-Abbess Michaels.It is 60 km from Sukhumi. There were more than 200 nuns. The monastery had three churches, the main temple abbot Archimandrite Demetrios , the state had two priests and two deacons.Until 1930 Vasilisa John Zlatoust monastery was administered by the Moscow Patriarchate, but after 1930 , with the creation of the Caucasian church autonomy , was subordinated to Archbishop Anthony Caucasus.In the years of 1936-1937 Vassilis - John Zlatoust monastery came to Kiev abbess Seraphim and bring Schema-Abbess Michael gifts and money.
To collect donations and distribute information about the secret activities of the Kiev Monastery Archimandrite Stavropegial Michael in the village of Sumy , Kirovohrad, Chernihiv and other areas sent monks and nuns with Unleavened Bread , the" holy"water and icons Schema-Abbess Michaels as" holy , miraculous , penetrating , candid and all-seeing ," as well as photos of the Archimandrite Michael, which were distributed among the faithful as" the father of Michael 's blessing ." The most active preachers were nun Varvara Bilenko Tatiana Ishchenko , Anna Karpenko , Maria Prokopenko , Barbara and Anna Pustovaya Sereda.Guide monastics in Kirovograd , Poltava, Chernihiv and other fields was carried out by Archimandrite Michael personally or during their visit to Kiev Monastery Stavropegial or when traveling through towns and villages.
November 15, 1929 , the feast day of Guria , and Samson Aviv - patrons of the reigning family, Schema-Abbess gave Michael Archimandrite Mikhail its elders.As shown later witnesses , Schema-Abbess after a solemn service offered Archimandrite Michael to kneel beside the Mother of God , took a cotton swab , dipped it into the lamp oil , and anointed the forehead and shoulders of Michael Cross, then dressed him his schema ( clothes great monastic vows ) saying here that she handed him his elders , ie, spiritual guidance in monasticism.According to the testimony of Archimandrite Michael, she took the elder of elders from Alexei in 1917 , and becoming Schema-Abbess , senile maintenance had successively pass.By conviction Archimandrite Michael,"anointing him king abbess"he took as a"gift of God , believing that this time it really is the secret king of Russia ." Schema-Abbess Michael he revered true Staritsu , whereby all of its actions"taken as a law , believing that it must originate from the commandment of the Lord." Anniversary"anointing of the kingdom"on November 15 became a day to be celebrated every year in the Kiev Monastery stauropegic solemnly , with an offering Archimandrite Michael, clad in white robes bishop ,"the king's dignity" - the scepter and orb - made by nuns in 1933-1934 , as well as monarchical tricolor flag. In 1940 , during the mass arrests of monks and thorough searches in the homes of"the king's dignity" and the bishop's vestments were found KGB immured in the furnace of one of the houses and confiscated.
In 1930-1931 the monks , as directed by Schema-Abbess Michaels , convinced that"collectivization it full effect of the Antichrist" , campaigned against the introduction of peasants into collective farms , convincing them that the collective - it is an" invasion of the Antichrist on earth"and their"complete slavery ." In the years 1933-1934 they were agitating against certification , assuring the faithful that the passport - a"seal of the Antichrist ." Most of the nuns refused to obtain a passport and lived illegally without a passport and residence permit. For example, shimonahini Alexander , Michael and Seraphim , nuns Anthony Don , Moscow Anthony , Anthony Caucasian Anastasia Voichenko and others.
June 24, 1939 in Kiev ( at Novo Vladimir street, 10 ) Schema-Abbess Michael died.Her body was put in the yard for a solemn farewell to her faithful.When the congregation began to ask the nuns why my mother so long buried , the nun Elizabeth Lupandina , Schema-Abbess Michaels closest aide and main hostess funeral, replied that the deceased is the" mother of Molotov , who sent a telegram , and is expected to arrive in Kiev , so delayed burial of the dead ».
on the day of the funeral Schema-Abbess , as directed by the Archimandrite Michael gilt letters was written"permission from the government", allegedly emanating from Moscow, which stated :" I agree to bury Romancha Elizabeth Feodorovna on old Christian ceremonies ."This"solution" , wrapped in a towel during a funeral ahead of the funeral procession carried as an icon , a nun Anastasia Lupandina.At the funeral and burial Schema-Abbess priests participated , there was only the chorus , as the mother of Michael did not recognize nor priests"zhivistov"nor priests"Sergianists ».
Funeral Schema-Abbess Michaels were very crowded , according to the recollections of witnesses and testimony later and the accused,"a procession through the city monks and believers , with the active involvement of young people , especially pre-school children , who have demonstrated credibility Schema-Abbess and devotion to her ." Archimandrite were booked 200 portraits Schema-Abbess Michaels with"religious inscriptions"that was distributed during the march.After the funeral, Schema-Abbess in the months of July and arranged daily Mass for the dead, both in homes and on Baykovoye cemetery , where began a pilgrimage of the faithful. Here beggar monks and believers heard portraits Schema-Abbess Michaels and" gifts" : the food and money. During the funeral and later rumors that local authorities were sympathetic to the funeral procession , as Schema-Abbess Michael before he died ,"donated to the state to defend the country and organization creche over 40 thousand rubles., And the police were given five pounds of gold ."
From the point of view of the authorities , funeral Schema-Abbess Michaels"assumed the character of an anti-Soviet demonstration" , and for the NKVD they were"exposing the activities of church groups monasticism ." In the night of 14 to August 15 at the home of the monk Nicholas Celia held a commemoration Schema-Abbess , which was attended by 29 people from the community of Kiev monastery and monks from other regions of Ukraine. Unexpectedly appeared all security officers present were arrested. Mass arrests of monks and believers in Kiev lasted for three days , among those arrested were active members of the monastery Stud EP Ishchenko VP Klushnik EP, Klushnik NK, Lupandina A, G., Lupandina KG, Lupandina MP , Osadcha W. , Pluzhnik NI Pluzhnik SI , PI Ratushnyj Celia NL Shamrai ES , MT All Shamrai they were accused of"organizing mass gatherings in homes and Baykovoye cemetery and anti-Soviet agitation." During the investigation, many of the nuns refused to give any evidence , and the only record of their interrogation was recorded :"I know about Michael Schema-Abbess and other persons , but I do not want you to say and not say anything to the court." They all pleaded not guilty and refused to sign the charge, many of them refused to recognize their marriage as a sham that the authorities had no reason to select purchased"families"of the house.
August 20, 1939 the first four defendants ( Lupandina A. D., Lupandina KG, Lupandina MP and Celia N. J. ), arrested on August 15-17 as a"cell church leaders - monasticism group , headed the funeral procession and arrange for further mass meetings under the guise of commemorations Schema-Abbess Michaels"was charged with"indictment" , which they refused to sign , has pleaded not guilty.Their content in jail until sentencing has been extended until December 20 , as police authorities were invited"to verify the legal justification for the acquisition of homes by investigating to ascertain their actual identity , which require civil cases against the former owners, the reality check by expert claims eviction and finding out the real owners ».
Archimandrite Michael was also arrested on the day of the funeral , but being without documents , concealed his real name , called by the monk , and the same day he was released.At the direction of Archimandrite Michael, to save the monastery treasury private houses documents issued by the arrested nuns were quickly copied by nuns , remain at large. Them for money was obtained in a notary's office copies of acts"deed of purchase ." Archimandrite Michael, fearing arrest in September 1939 left Kiev Donbass , in one of the branches of the Kiev Monastery Stavropegial.There he lived illegally for more than four months , and only in the early 1940s , he returned to Kiev , taking the lead in illegal monastery.
On October 4, 1939 the investigation was in Kiev Stavropegial monastery was activated in November and December have been more arrests as in Kiev, and branches of the monastery in many regions of Ukraine. During the search of the apartment nuns were seized many ancient religious books , icons and ecclesiastical objects of gold , as well as all correspondence Schema-Abbess Michaels with other monasteries.
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October 24, 1924 the nominal decree of Patriarch Tikhon Kiev- Pechersk Lavra was provided stavropegic under direct supervision of the actions of the Patriarch. The Greek word"stavropegic"is translated as" independent" on the leaders of the monastery - the complete independence of their actions from the local ecclesiastical authorities.This decree extended to Feodosievskoe and Voskresenskoe monastery , were subordinated to the monastery , which is controlled by Mikhail Schema-Abbess in the world - Shchelkin Elizabeth Feodorovna.Decree Governing Kiev diocese Bishop Macarius of 30 October 1924, and Voskresenskoe Feodosievskoe monastery became known as the Kiev Monastery stauropegic.
About Schema-Abbess Michael ( Elizabeth Feodorovna SCHYOLKIN ) Not much is known.She was born in 1862 into a peasant family in the village of Novo- Vyazhi Vasilievsky district of Tula region. At an early age was left an orphan and was brought up to 16 years in the family priest Peter is cedar.With 17 years became a nun in the convent Antoleptovekom ( 8 km from the town of Dvinsk ).After graduating from the Zemstvo midwifery school in the city of Rivne, became head of the hospital in his monastery.In 1889 tonsured a nun named Maria. From 1900 to 1904 - a nurse in the Russian expeditionary army in China. From 1904 to 1905 - worked as a nurse in the hospital during the Russian -Japanese war. In 1905-1906, - Antoleptovskogo abbess of the monastery. Since 1906 - the abbess Feodosievskogo monastery of Kiev Pechersk Lavra.In 1917, a goal adopted the monastic name of Michaels.As"fervent monarchist ," from the early days of the revolution was hostile against the Soviets , held her temporary and constantly proved the inevitability of her death and the return of the Tsar in Russia.
In December 1924, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra with all farmsteads on authorities ordered closed. However, monks of the monastery in Kiev Stavropegial approximately 200 people after the closure of the monastery did not split , but settled illegally in private homes in the suburbs of Kiev, in the village Borshhagivka , led by Schema-Abbess and Archimandrite Michael Michaels (in the world Alexander Kostyuk.In October 1924 nominal decree of Patriarch Tikhon of the Holy Dormition Cathedral in Dare , Mitred Archpriest Michael was awarded Stavropegial svyaschennoarhimandritom ) continued to conduct clandestine worship. Thus, the authorities closed the monastery Kiev Stavropegic secretly continued to exist.
After the death of Patriarch Tikhon and the proclamation of the Declaration of Metropolitan Sergius Schema-Abbess Archimandrite Michael and Michael refused to recognize the authority of Metropolitan Sergius mestoblyustitelskih ( Old Town ) , convinced that the Russian Orthodox Church, which he represents ," Sell the Soviet regime ».
in December 1929, the police with.Borshhagivka came denunciation of illegal prayer meetings after the believers here monastic community headed by Mikhail Schema-Abbess.Authorities reacted quickly , Archimandrite Michael and Basil ( Voichenko ) of Nicholas Monastery , Schema-Abbess Michael and nine monks were arrested.
Three months later Archimandrite Michael and Michael Schema-Abbess had been released from prison and at the request of local authorities in the same day, checked out s. Borshhagivka in Kiev, where he secretly settled nuns Lupandina.Later Michael Schema-Abbess had to move to an apartment nun Pelagia Ivakhnenko.
At the direction of Michaels nuns began to leave the province to collect donations for illegal monastery and attract new people into it.Schema-Abbess Michael in the late 20 -ies was tonsured a monk many admirers of her sat the Sumy region , Kirovohrad , Kyiv and other regions.
At the beginning of 1930 , realizing that keep underground monastery monasticism at idle impossible Archimandrite Michael suggested translate community members on workers.Monks and nuns at the direction of Archimandrite became formalized to work on enterprise and government agencies to join the union and creating visibility for the surrounding secular lifestyle. At the same time , Archimandrite Michael summoned to Kiev from villages and Rebedaylovka Srebrovka Kirovograd region a large group of monks , mostly men , inviting them to do a job here at the factories and railways and become union members. All monks had to make monthly cash in a monastery 10 %of their salary , so-called"charity".With these funds, bought homes and property of the monastery to accommodate members of the community , which gradually grew.Only in Kiev was thus acquired 13 private homes.
By the end of 1930 all the monks worked in Kiev , in addition, at the direction of Archimandrite Michael, monks and nuns came into sham marriages , as these"families," as homeowners could formalize purchased home. Sham marriages allowed in homes also prescribe new members of the monastic community , which became particularly important after 1937, when the residence in Kiev became difficult. Monastics old age , those not working , processed in the"family"as their" relatives" living their dependents and passing young experience monastic life. Since the monks in the community was significantly less than the nuns , the most reliable men were fictitiously"married"on different passports in two or three nuns , and, all of these" families" were decorated home.
Little secret monastic communities Kiev Stavropegial monastery were also in many villages Kirovograd region (villages : Rebedaylovka , Bereznyaki , Veronka , Plyakovka , Kytaygorod , Mikhailovka Medvedovka , Kamenka, Alexandrovka Fedvar , Guy Green ) , in towns and villages of the Kiev ( city : Dare , Cherkasy, Chigirin , and Vergunov Hudoleevka.Villages Wolves Petrivtsi , Old Petrovtsy , Girenko , Makarova , Boiarka , Budaevka , Borschagovka, Juliani and scoops ) , Sumy (eg , in the village Yaroshevka ) Romnenskoy (eg , in the village Gritsevka ) , Poltava and Chernihiv areas.
The most significant was a branch of the Kiev monastery in the village district Zaytsevo Gorlovka Stalin Region , with more than a hundred monks , who came back in 1914. His was the organizer and leader Serafim Schema-Abbess , most of the members of his monastic community was tonsured at the Kiev- Pechersk Lavra.His spiritual mother they thought Michael Schema-Abbess , which since 1919 has taken him under his care as a branch of the Kiev Monastery Stavropegial , and led them through the Schema-Abbess Seraphim.The spiritual life of the monastic community in the village Zaytsevo proceeded just as in Kiev stavropegic monasteries.By Michael Schema-Abbess constantly come for spiritual blessing and a resolution of complex problems in the new environment The assistant Schema-Abbess Serafima nun Anastasia.Every year she passed as part of the funds from the proceeds of their convent.
Kiev stavropegic monasteries also helped Vasilisa John Zlatoust Monastery, which was the abbess of a spiritual daughter of Schema-Abbess Michaels.It is 60 km from Sukhumi. There were more than 200 nuns. The monastery had three churches, the main temple abbot Archimandrite Demetrios , the state had two priests and two deacons.Until 1930 Vasilisa John Zlatoust monastery was administered by the Moscow Patriarchate, but after 1930 , with the creation of the Caucasian church autonomy , was subordinated to Archbishop Anthony Caucasus.In the years of 1936-1937 Vassilis - John Zlatoust monastery came to Kiev abbess Seraphim and bring Schema-Abbess Michael gifts and money.
To collect donations and distribute information about the secret activities of the Kiev Monastery Archimandrite Stavropegial Michael in the village of Sumy , Kirovohrad, Chernihiv and other areas sent monks and nuns with Unleavened Bread , the" holy"water and icons Schema-Abbess Michaels as" holy , miraculous , penetrating , candid and all-seeing ," as well as photos of the Archimandrite Michael, which were distributed among the faithful as" the father of Michael 's blessing ." The most active preachers were nun Varvara Bilenko Tatiana Ishchenko , Anna Karpenko , Maria Prokopenko , Barbara and Anna Pustovaya Sereda.Guide monastics in Kirovograd , Poltava, Chernihiv and other fields was carried out by Archimandrite Michael personally or during their visit to Kiev Monastery Stavropegial or when traveling through towns and villages.
November 15, 1929 , the feast day of Guria , and Samson Aviv - patrons of the reigning family, Schema-Abbess gave Michael Archimandrite Mikhail its elders.As shown later witnesses , Schema-Abbess after a solemn service offered Archimandrite Michael to kneel beside the Mother of God , took a cotton swab , dipped it into the lamp oil , and anointed the forehead and shoulders of Michael Cross, then dressed him his schema ( clothes great monastic vows ) saying here that she handed him his elders , ie, spiritual guidance in monasticism.According to the testimony of Archimandrite Michael, she took the elder of elders from Alexei in 1917 , and becoming Schema-Abbess , senile maintenance had successively pass.By conviction Archimandrite Michael,"anointing him king abbess"he took as a"gift of God , believing that this time it really is the secret king of Russia ." Schema-Abbess Michael he revered true Staritsu , whereby all of its actions"taken as a law , believing that it must originate from the commandment of the Lord." Anniversary"anointing of the kingdom"on November 15 became a day to be celebrated every year in the Kiev Monastery stauropegic solemnly , with an offering Archimandrite Michael, clad in white robes bishop ,"the king's dignity" - the scepter and orb - made by nuns in 1933-1934 , as well as monarchical tricolor flag. In 1940 , during the mass arrests of monks and thorough searches in the homes of"the king's dignity" and the bishop's vestments were found KGB immured in the furnace of one of the houses and confiscated.
In 1930-1931 the monks , as directed by Schema-Abbess Michaels , convinced that"collectivization it full effect of the Antichrist" , campaigned against the introduction of peasants into collective farms , convincing them that the collective - it is an" invasion of the Antichrist on earth"and their"complete slavery ." In the years 1933-1934 they were agitating against certification , assuring the faithful that the passport - a"seal of the Antichrist ." Most of the nuns refused to obtain a passport and lived illegally without a passport and residence permit. For example, shimonahini Alexander , Michael and Seraphim , nuns Anthony Don , Moscow Anthony , Anthony Caucasian Anastasia Voichenko and others.
June 24, 1939 in Kiev ( at Novo Vladimir street, 10 ) Schema-Abbess Michael died.Her body was put in the yard for a solemn farewell to her faithful.When the congregation began to ask the nuns why my mother so long buried , the nun Elizabeth Lupandina , Schema-Abbess Michaels closest aide and main hostess funeral, replied that the deceased is the" mother of Molotov , who sent a telegram , and is expected to arrive in Kiev , so delayed burial of the dead ».
on the day of the funeral Schema-Abbess , as directed by the Archimandrite Michael gilt letters was written"permission from the government", allegedly emanating from Moscow, which stated :" I agree to bury Romancha Elizabeth Feodorovna on old Christian ceremonies ."This"solution" , wrapped in a towel during a funeral ahead of the funeral procession carried as an icon , a nun Anastasia Lupandina.At the funeral and burial Schema-Abbess priests participated , there was only the chorus , as the mother of Michael did not recognize nor priests"zhivistov"nor priests"Sergianists ».
Funeral Schema-Abbess Michaels were very crowded , according to the recollections of witnesses and testimony later and the accused,"a procession through the city monks and believers , with the active involvement of young people , especially pre-school children , who have demonstrated credibility Schema-Abbess and devotion to her ." Archimandrite were booked 200 portraits Schema-Abbess Michaels with"religious inscriptions"that was distributed during the march.After the funeral, Schema-Abbess in the months of July and arranged daily Mass for the dead, both in homes and on Baykovoye cemetery , where began a pilgrimage of the faithful. Here beggar monks and believers heard portraits Schema-Abbess Michaels and" gifts" : the food and money. During the funeral and later rumors that local authorities were sympathetic to the funeral procession , as Schema-Abbess Michael before he died ,"donated to the state to defend the country and organization creche over 40 thousand rubles., And the police were given five pounds of gold ."
From the point of view of the authorities , funeral Schema-Abbess Michaels"assumed the character of an anti-Soviet demonstration" , and for the NKVD they were"exposing the activities of church groups monasticism ." In the night of 14 to August 15 at the home of the monk Nicholas Celia held a commemoration Schema-Abbess , which was attended by 29 people from the community of Kiev monastery and monks from other regions of Ukraine. Unexpectedly appeared all security officers present were arrested. Mass arrests of monks and believers in Kiev lasted for three days , among those arrested were active members of the monastery Stud EP Ishchenko VP Klushnik EP, Klushnik NK, Lupandina A, G., Lupandina KG, Lupandina MP , Osadcha W. , Pluzhnik NI Pluzhnik SI , PI Ratushnyj Celia NL Shamrai ES , MT All Shamrai they were accused of"organizing mass gatherings in homes and Baykovoye cemetery and anti-Soviet agitation." During the investigation, many of the nuns refused to give any evidence , and the only record of their interrogation was recorded :"I know about Michael Schema-Abbess and other persons , but I do not want you to say and not say anything to the court." They all pleaded not guilty and refused to sign the charge, many of them refused to recognize their marriage as a sham that the authorities had no reason to select purchased"families"of the house.
August 20, 1939 the first four defendants ( Lupandina A. D., Lupandina KG, Lupandina MP and Celia N. J. ), arrested on August 15-17 as a"cell church leaders - monasticism group , headed the funeral procession and arrange for further mass meetings under the guise of commemorations Schema-Abbess Michaels"was charged with"indictment" , which they refused to sign , has pleaded not guilty.Their content in jail until sentencing has been extended until December 20 , as police authorities were invited"to verify the legal justification for the acquisition of homes by investigating to ascertain their actual identity , which require civil cases against the former owners, the reality check by expert claims eviction and finding out the real owners ».
Archimandrite Michael was also arrested on the day of the funeral , but being without documents , concealed his real name , called by the monk , and the same day he was released.At the direction of Archimandrite Michael, to save the monastery treasury private houses documents issued by the arrested nuns were quickly copied by nuns , remain at large. Them for money was obtained in a notary's office copies of acts"deed of purchase ." Archimandrite Michael, fearing arrest in September 1939 left Kiev Donbass , in one of the branches of the Kiev Monastery Stavropegial.There he lived illegally for more than four months , and only in the early 1940s , he returned to Kiev , taking the lead in illegal monastery.
On October 4, 1939 the investigation was in Kiev Stavropegial monastery was activated in November and December have been more arrests as in Kiev, and branches of the monastery in many regions of Ukraine. During the search of the apartment nuns were seized many ancient religious books , icons and ecclesiastical objects of gold , as well as all correspondence Schema-Abbess Michaels with other monasteries.
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