❗️The Chairman of the Synodal Department for Cooperation with the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies, Metropolitan Kirill of Stavropol and Nevinnomyssk, prayed for the repose of Archpriest Mikhail Vasiliev.
Father Mikhail Vasiliev died on the morning of November 6, 2022, at the age of 52, during a counteroffensive by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region. According to Russian media, he was fatally wounded when a rocket fired from the Ukrainian side from an American HIMARS multiple launch rocket system exploded three meters away from him.
Being a devoted son of the Church and filled with fiery zeal for the Lord, Father Michael strove to share with his flock the hardships and privations of wartime, which was most clearly demonstrated in the harsh conditions of armed confrontation, in which the deceased carried out his obedience, remaining faithful to his pastoral duty and not sparing “ his soul even unto death (Rev. 12:11).
PS. @AussieCossack is Godfather to Fr Michael Vasiliev's children.
🇷🇺Military Department of the Moscow Patriarchate
Father Mikhail Vasiliev died on the morning of November 6, 2022, at the age of 52, during a counteroffensive by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region. According to Russian media, he was fatally wounded when a rocket fired from the Ukrainian side from an American HIMARS multiple launch rocket system exploded three meters away from him.
Being a devoted son of the Church and filled with fiery zeal for the Lord, Father Michael strove to share with his flock the hardships and privations of wartime, which was most clearly demonstrated in the harsh conditions of armed confrontation, in which the deceased carried out his obedience, remaining faithful to his pastoral duty and not sparing “ his soul even unto death (Rev. 12:11).
PS. @AussieCossack is Godfather to Fr Michael Vasiliev's children.
🇷🇺Military Department of the Moscow Patriarchate