Offended the monastery

In the village of Victory on the outskirts of Penza, the bailiffs demolished the buildings of the Mikhailovskaya monastery, not part of the structure of the Russian Orthodox Church. This was reported on the FSSP website. The church of the community, the bell tower, the prayer house and the residential building are demolished.

The bailiffs executed the decision of the regional court, issued on April 2. As Penzainform conveyed , the Penza mayor's office filed a civil lawsuit to the community, which indicated that the buildings of the monastery were elevated unauthorizedly, without receiving permits provided for by law. The court took the side of the plaintiff.

It is claimed that since 2008, the courts have repeatedly obliged the head of the community of Alexander Zhukov (father Rafail), who built the building, to demolish them on his own, but he ignored these decisions. According to the FSSP, for this Zhukov 292 times was held accountable under Article 17.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (non -compliance with non -property requirements contained in the executive document). The total amount of fines assigned to the chapter exceeded 730 thousand rubles. In addition, Zhukov was prohibited from traveling abroad.

Meanwhile, the community members in October 2013, when once again information appeared about the impending demolition of the monastery, threatened self -immolation .

The Mikhailovskaya monastery is called the name of the wheelchair user Mikhail Shumilin (Schiyigumna Alexy, 1930-2005), around which the community of believers of the Orthodox was formed in the 1950s in the victory. Shumilin had a reputation of the saint; After the death of the old man, believers worship his grave. The monastery began to form during the lifetime of Schiigumn. According to RIA Novosti, Zhukov bought a plot of land and several buildings in the village, and also elevated new ones. At the same time, the agency approves, the court also announced the purchase and sale transaction.

The Penza priests of the Russian Orthodox Church avoided calling the inhabitants of the Mikhailovsky monastery sectarians, but characterized them as heretics.