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Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Suvorovo

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In the village of Suvorovo, located in the Diveevo district, about 600 people live, yet five saints have been glorified here. The Assumption Church of the village houses the relics of four of them.

Ten years ago, the relics of the new martyrs Evdokia, Daria, Daria, and Maria, who were shot on August 18, 1919, were discovered in Suvorovo. On this day, pilgrims and clergy come here annually to honor their memory. In 2008, the relics of the fifth saint, the venerable confessor Matrona Vlasova, who spent 18 years in Soviet camps, were raised in the village. Her icon is located in the Assumption Church, and her relics have been transferred to the Kazan Church of the Diveevo Monastery. The Assumption Church has a unique combination of altars: the central one is dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the right one to the Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles, and the left one to Archangel Michael and the Heavenly Powers. The church was consecrated in 1847 and took over 20 years to build. From 1940 to 1991, it was closed, and during the Soviet era, it housed a water tower and a grain storage facility.

After the church was reopened, residents brought many icons there, including icons of the Mother of God. Among them, the image "Softening of Evil Hearts" and the rare image "Do Not Weep for Me, Mother" are especially revered. The icon "Milk-Giver" of Athos writing was transferred from the Trinity Church of the village of Smolino. When the Smolino church was closed, the starosta tried to resist, but the authorities broke into the church and damaged the icon. These marks, like scars, cross the face of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A copy of the miraculous Vladimir Oranskaya icon of the Mother of God was brought in a procession from Oranki. The main relics of the church are the relics of the four new martyrs. I remember how ten years ago, on August 18, when the relics of the saints were just raised, they were carried in simple reliquaries in a procession around the church. A paper with a signature in marker was attached to each reliquary. The current beautiful reliquaries were donated by a benefactor from Moscow, healed from illness by the prayers of the new martyrs. The church has many icons of Dunyushka with her sisters, painted in different places and styles. The first icon was created by the nun of the Diveevo Monastery, Nadezhda Krasovitskaya, who also composed the akathist to the saints. The icon depicts three novices at the edge of the execution pit: Daria Timagina holds the frail Evdokia in her arms, another Daria supports her head, while Maria is focused on prayer. Above them is a white dove with rays of light, and behind them, all of Russia, where the dawn of future revival is breaking. The icon of the holy martyrs with life scenes was painted in St. Petersburg in 2002 for the anniversary of the raising of the relics. It is modern, joyfully Paschal, covered with gold leaf. On the reliquaries with the relics are separate icons of each martyr, embroidered with beads by Larisa Koshmina from the village of Satis in gratitude to the saints for miraculous healing. In 1997, she severely burned her eyes, and the new martyrs came to her aid. This case is described in the life of the saints published by the Seraphimo-Diveevo Monastery in 2001. In the church, a cross and the Holy Gospel belonging to Dunyushka are displayed for veneration, which were saved by villager Vasily Sinelnikov when some were robbing her property.

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Церковь Успения Пресвятой Богородицы в селе Суворово

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