Deacon dies in scaffolding accident during church restoration in Rybatskoye

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A 31-year-year-old deacon died after falling from scaffolding during restoration work at a church in Rybatskoye on January 8. Deacon Pavel Molchanov was painting the altar when the accident occurred. He was hospitalized in critical condition but doctors were unable to save him. Molchanov had served at the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos since 2024. Metropolitan Varsonofy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga expressed condolences.


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