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===Stealers of Icons===
The church at Zharky was again robbed. Hmk Nestor chased the perpetrators, and - through a ruse where he pretended to be drunk, was attacked and was able to get the licence plate - was able to get the icons back. Meeting the gangster, Hmk Nestor found that the only reason for the [[theft ]] was money, regardless of whether it was a church. Hmk Nestor pressed charges - despite being told that the Mafia would hunt him down, and his closest friends' pleadings otherwise - because the criminals were hurting the church, the simple believers, and were trying to hurt God.
Hmk Nestor narrowly escaped many attempts on his life, and he began to guard the church at night. The Mafia not only wanted the icons, but his life. One such attempt on his life involved someone knocking on his door. When he opened it, he was at gunpoint; in response, he walked back into his house and locked the door. When they broke in through the window, Hmk Nestor fired a few shots from his flare gun, but they knew that, as a priest and monk, he wouldn't shoot them. Nestor ran into his room, locked the door, and climbed out the window, escaping.
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