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Island '''Mochalny''' (Russian: Мочальный остров) is an a island in on the Volga River opposite of the mergence of the [[w:Volga|Volga]] and [[w:Oka River|Oka]] Rivers rivers between the cities of Nizhny Novgorod and Bor. The island was , a place of massive executions shootings during communist "Red terror" and repressions.
Among the Ones of first victims who were killed here were 15 [[monk]]s monks of [[Oransky Monastery]] and their father superior [[Archimandrite]] Augustine. They were shot during the in night between [[August 17]] and [[August 18|18]] in 1918.
According to researchers more than 5,000 [[clergy]]men total over 5000 clergimen and [[laity|laymen]] were killed on the island between here from the summer of 1918 and till the end of the 1930s'30s. Some of them have been canonised and glorified as [[New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia|New Martyrs]]. Also here other victims of political repressions were killed on the island. Bodies of those the murdered were was been thrown down into the river. A memorial Now here a repentance stone cross has been erected on the island, and regular regularly requiems are now served. Soon a [[, and soon the church]] dedicated to of Faith, Hope, Love, and their Mother Sophia will be built on the island. <ref>[http://www.nne.ru/news_en.php?id=339486 A collective prayer dedicated to killed Nizhny Novgorod residents held on the island of Mochalny]// [[Diocese of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas]]</ref>.
Some Here some names of new [[martyr]]s that martyrs already have having been glorified by Church and , which found a place of last rest on the island of Mochalny are:# +[[November 6]], 1918 [[Bishop]] bishop [[Laurentius of Balakhna|Lavrenty (Knyazev)]], [[archpriests]] archpriest [[Alexey Porfiriev]] and [[Aleksey Neidgardt]] who (''A comment'': they were shot directly in the city itself, and then their bodies were thrown down into the water on the island)
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