The Moscow Patriarchate reported the death of a clergyman from the diocese of Magdan after an attack by the armed forces of Ukraine.
A priest of the Magadan Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, Hieromonk Gerasim (Praobrazhensky), was attacked by rockets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), while he was in the area of a special military operation (SVO) while performing his pastoral service. His death was reported by the Moscow Patriarchate.
It is known that at the time of the attack by the Ukrainian armed forces, the Russian priest was at a temporary deployment point towards Kherson. He could not be saved.
Hieromonk Grassim performed a pastoral service in the 91st Brigade of the Dnieper River flotilla towards Kherson.
Earlier it was reported that the clergyman of the Diocese of Tikhoritsk, Anthony Shcherbina, passed away. He went to the front as a volunteer and served as a chaplain in the Cossack sector "Bars? 11" in the west more details.