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At 11 or 12 years old, Yevgeny returned from a summer break at his grandmother’s, wearing a cross around his neck. He told his mother they had gone to church, where he had confessed, taken communion, and received the cross. In his teenage years, Yevgeny began attending the Orthodox church independently and bringing holy water home. He attended services in an outlying Moscow suburb called Podolsk, although it is not known to whom he confessed. He wore a belt embroidered with Psalm 91 (“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High”) when he entered the Russian army.
On February 13th, 1996, only one month into his posting, Yevgeny and three other border guards Alexander Zheleznov, Andrey Trusov, and Igor Yakovlev were manning a checkpoint on the Chechen-Ingush border. That night, Chechen rebels travelled down this road in an ambulance packed with ammunition. Yevgeny and his comrades engaged in an unequal battle, and were taken prisoner. When prompted by the Islamic militants to remove his cross- he refused. OSCE mission representative Haikhoroyev declared, “The soldier had a choice. He could have changed his faith but refused to remove his cross.”
Yevgeny Rodionov took the martyr’s crown on his birthday, coinciding with the feast of the Ascension of Christ, commemorated on May 23rd, 1996. His body was buried by the Church of the Ascension near the village of Satino-Russkoye in the Moscow Region.
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325 subscribers. Thank you and God bless to all those who have subscribed (and those who haven’t)! 325 also marks the year that the Council of Nicea took place, starting the historical series of ecumenical councils that have helped lay the foundations of Christianity ✝️☦️. Go watch my new videos, and subscribe for more!
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At 11 or 12 years old, Yevgeny returned from a summer break at his grandmother’s, wearing a cross around his neck. He told his mother they had gone to church, where he had confessed, taken communion, and received the cross. In his teenage years, Yevgeny began attending the Orthodox church independently and bringing holy water home. He attended services in an outlying Moscow suburb called Podolsk, although it is not known to whom he confessed. He wore a belt embroidered with Psalm 91 (“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High”) when he entered the Russian army.
On February 13th, 1996, only one month into his posting, Yevgeny and three other border guards Alexander Zheleznov, Andrey Trusov, and Igor Yakovlev were manning a checkpoint on the Chechen-Ingush border. That night, Chechen rebels travelled down this road in an ambulance packed with ammunition. Yevgeny and his comrades engaged in an unequal battle, and were taken prisoner. When prompted by the Islamic militants to remove his cross- he refused. OSCE mission representative Haikhoroyev declared, “The soldier had a choice. He could have changed his faith but refused to remove his cross.”
Yevgeny Rodionov took the martyr’s crown on his birthday, coinciding with the feast of the Ascension of Christ, commemorated on May 23rd, 1996. His body was buried by the Church of the Ascension near the village of Satino-Russkoye in the Moscow Region.
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