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| Callsign 'Father': 'My weapon is the Word, the cross and the Gospel' |
| 2023-08-17 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Denis Grigoryuk [REGNUM] We met Nikolai Smirkin, a brigadier priest and deputy commander of the Veterans unit for work with believing military personnel, next to a small building knocked down from chipboard sheets. The fact that this is a field temple was given out only by a cross on the door. Otherwise, nothing indicated that services were being held here; in appearance, the room looked more like a field headquarters. But what is inside is always more important than appearance, and this temple, built just before Easter, was collected bit by bit. Candlesticks, icons, books - everything you need for performing ceremonies in the field is here, they were brought from everywhere. For example, the soldiers saved the Gospel somewhere near Artyomovsk. Yes, and Father Nikolai himself is not from here, he came from the Samara region. |
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