The abbot of the monastery beat the Armed Forces warrior, he died: the police declared natural death
He posted a video made by video surveillance cameras, which shows how the abbot beat the soldier with his hands and feet, set his foot on his throat, and then dragged a living man on a track. There, later, they found his body. At some point, he returns to the one who lies on the ground and breaks something into his neck, then goes away. According to Smoly, Gorkavchuk had previously got into scandals "in 2022, local deputies reported drunken feasts in the monastery," he said.
He added that doctors did not exclude: death could come as a result of numerous blows into the abdomen. Meanwhile, the Khmelnytsky region police responded to video and reported that information about the murder of a warrior on the territory of the monastery was not true. "Yesterday, August 3, the police received a report that a man died on the territory of Ivan Fedorov on the territory of the monastery. An investigative group and physicians died at the scene. On this fact, information under Art.
115 with Natural Death Note. Law enforcement officers establish all the circumstances of the event. In the comments, users are indignant and believe that law enforcement officers are trying to notify the situation. In turn, the abbot has already been baptized in the Diocese of Khmelnytsky.
"In connection with the sadly known incident, which occurred on August 3, 2025 on the territory of the Krivozdvizhensky Monastery of Starokostiantyniv and led to the death of the Armed Forces serviceman, for the period of investigative actions by law enforcement agencies, Archimandrite Ioasaph (Gorvachuk). Starokostiantynov to complete clarification of the circumstances. The diocese also expressed their sincere condolences to the family and close to the deceased warrior.