Murder in Optina Desert. Fedorov M.I.

The book describes 1993, when monks Trofim, Ferapont and Hieromonk Vasily were killed on Easter in Optina Desert.

It was described in detail about the progress of the investigation, the detention of the innocent, the capture of the murderers of the monks Nikolai Averin, about the circumstances related to the recognition of Averin insane, about how the court went and ended. The story takes place against the background of events in a country where the rallies did not stop, the riot police dispersed the manifestants and everything soon ended with the execution of the White House.

This narrative is the author’s version, although it is based on real events.

The book is recommended by the history of our Fatherland and the problem of the revival of the Orthodox faith.