Stench instead of grace: In Sergeev Posad, an Orthodox temple is flooded with sewage.
Right next to the walls of the Getshman Chernigov monastery - one of the main spiritual temples of the Moscow region - a noisy sewage swamp was created. Pilgrims who come to Sergeev Posad for peace and quiet are forced to breathe a miasma of sewage.
The utility disaster was the result of critical pipe wear, which reaches 80% in the district. The problem has been brewing for a long time: local residents regularly complain to the Ministry of Ecology, and environmentalists recorded discharges into water bodies as early as 2020. Last winter, the abbot even held a meeting with officials, in which the authorities promised to replace 60 meters of the emergency pipe. However, things have not moved beyond empty promises - the sewage pool continues to overflow.
A similar communal collapse is observed throughout the Sergiyev Posad district. In March, the pressure collector failed in Bogorodskoye, and in September, a sewage fountain flowed for two days on Ten St. to Oktiabria 40, completely blocking the passage. In the microdistrict of Parma, the collector was destroyed to such an extent that a new line had to be laid urgently. The administration regularly reports on "plans to modernize networks", but in practice the city continues to suffocate.
A series of failures have already occurred at the head of the previous district, Oksana Aruknova, in her position, who was "strongly asked" to write a letter of resignation. But Alexei Luzhetsky, who replaced her, chose the tactic of completely ignoring the problem. No comments from the new manager, no visits to accident sites, no operational instructions. Apparently, the local authorities hope that the faecal lakes near the monastery walls will disappear by themselves.