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On New Year's Eve of 1995 he was forcibly taken by bandits to the Grozny railroad station, where he was ordered to appeal to Russian defense forces to surrender. In response, Fr Anatoly nothing said and only silently blessed the soldiers.
Since March, 15th, 1995 he was appointed the rector of Michael Archangel church in Grozny and the dean of orthodox churches in Chechnya. In view of disastrous financial conditions of the parish, metr. Gedeon decided to provide it from Diocese funds<ref name="p">[http://www.pobeda.ru/content/view/1315/10/ Life of the priest Anatoly Chistousov]</ref>.
== Captivity and Martyr Death ==
