Cosăuţi, Soroca District, Moldova, March 12, 2024
Photo: novosti.rs
The abbot of a monastery under the Moscow Patriarchate’s Moldovan Orthodox Church is in critical condition after being attacked by a parishioner on Sunday, March 10.
Archimandrite Ieronim (Palii) of the Holy Protection Monastery in Cosăuţi in northern Moldova, right on the border of Ukraine, was stabbed twice in the neck and once in the back, reports realitatea.md.
Holy Protection Monastery. Photo: mitropolia.md
Fr. Ieronim, who has led the monastery since its reopening in 1990, was reportedly found lying in a pool of blood on the territory of the monastery at about 8:00 AM on Sunday morning.
The main suspect, a 26-year-old parishioner, was found hanged in the forest shortly after committing the crime. He had suffered from schizophrenia and often displayed aggressive behavior.
His hands and clothes were found stained with blood, and investigators also found the knife used to attack Fr. Ieronim.
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