2/10/2025
Igumen Damaskin (Orlovsky)
Father Nikolai did not plead guilty to counterrevolutionary activities. Two false witnesses testified against him—one was a cellmate, and the other was a member of the church council. They signed statements that provided the necessary “evidence” for his conviction.
After the church was closed in 1937, Olga Vasilyevna was arrested on September 4, 1937, along with the priests, the psalmist, and the church warden. She was taken to Taganka Prison in Moscow and interrogated the same day.
