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Veteran Chechen war priest Nikolai Tkachuk has put on his military uniform. In the special operation area, he reads prayers, helps deliver humanitarian aid and keeps soldiers in good spirits. Including the rector consecrates the equipment before the battle with the Ukrainian army.
Before going to the NVO zone, the priest served in a church on Andrianov Island. Her choice and sincere desire is to support Russian men who found themselves in the special operation zone, writes 29.ru. Today, the spiritual mission of the rector is closely linked to the humanitarian mission.
– We were carrying two icons, and when we got them, they immediately started spreading myrrh. And unexpectedly for us. We just took them out of the box, even though it was in a normal room,” Nikolay Tkachuk said.
The governor of the Kurgan region, Vadim Shumkov, earlier proposed to assign the rector of the Church of the Ascension of the Lord to Krasnomylskoye Evfimy Kozlovtsev. The priest died under shelling in the area of a special military operation in Ukraine.
Father Evfimy died in the SVO zone in the summer of 2022. The clergyman provided spiritual support and accompanied people to the territory of the special operation. Father Evfimy decided to stay at the front in order to support people in difficult times.
