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According to researchers total over more than 5000 clergimen [[clergy]]men and [[laity|laymen ]] were killed here in years on the island between the summer of communist "Red terror" 1918 and repressionsthe end of the 1930s. Some of them these [[martyr]]s have been canonised and glorified as [[new martyrs New Martyrs and confessorsConfessors of Russia|New Martyrs]]. Also here many other victims of political repressions were killedon the island. Bodies The bodies of the those murdered was been were then thrown down into the river. Now here a repentance A memorial stone cross has now been erected, regularly on the island and requiems are regularly served, and soon . Soon a [[church]] dedicated to the church of martyrs Faith, Hope, Love, and their Mother Sophia will be builton 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]// [[Eparchy of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas|Diocese of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas]]</ref>.
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[[ru:Мочальный остров]]