St. Petersburg Priest Decorated for His Fidelity to Duty

20 August 2010, 14:13
St. Petersburg priest decorated with war order for his fidelity to duty in "hot spots"

St. Petersburg, August 20, Interfax - Troops Commander of the Leningrad military district Lieutenant General Nikolay Bogdanovsky decorated priest Dmitry Vasilenkov and his assistant Alexander Nazarov with Orders of Courage.

Since 2005 Father Dmitry and Nazarov have visited these regions ten times and with risk to their lives conducted spiritual work among soldiers of special divisions.

Fr. Dmitry, in spite of the received wound, in future is not going to refuse trips to the North Caucasus, where he baptized over 800 soldiers and officers.

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