Cossacks of the LPR commemorated their ancestors who were victims of political repression
Representatives of the Cossacks and the public of the Republic took part in funeral services for the Cossacks, who became victims of political repressions in post-revolutionary Russia of the 20th century.
January 24 is a tragic date in the fate of the Cossacks: on this day in 1919, the Organizing Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP (b) adopted the secret “directive on decossackization”, developed by the chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of the RSFSR, Yakov Sverdlov, which laid the foundation for mass repression against representatives of the Cossacks.
Cossacks of all territorial Cossack societies took part in the memorial events. The Cossacks of Lugansk prayed for their ancestors in the church in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "Vladimirskaya" of the Holy Kazan parish and in the church of the holy martyrs Guriy, Samon and Aviv.
“Every year the Cossacks in their yurts and villages go to churches to honor the memory of the repressed Cossacks of 1919. Therefore, we honor and always remember this date, ”said Sergei Dorokhin, ataman of the Lugansk district of the Don Cossacks of the Great Don Army.
Aleksey Selivanov, ataman of the international public organization "Faithful Cossacks", noted that "Cossacks of Russia and the whole world" remember the mourning date today.
“They tried to destroy the Cossacks as the backbone of Russia, as a traditional part of Russian society, as a pearl in the crown of the Russian empire, as people who collected and created Russia, as representatives of a great culture. But the Cossacks were not destroyed - the states on the territory of the Russian Empire are changing. and the Cossacks remained. And the contribution that the Cossacks are making today to protect the fighting Donbass, to the gathering of Russian lands, cannot be overestimated. Cossacks were, are and will be!” he said.
The cleric of the Church of the Holy Martyrs Guria, Samon and Aviv, Archpriest Alexy Slyusarenko, in his sermon after the memorial service, noted that there are no official figures on the number of victims of political terror, since all the archives about this were destroyed, but "a lot of people suffered."
“In fact, no one knows how many extrajudicial reprisals there were - there were no papers left, only God knows how many there were in fact, especially since the repressions against the Cossacks were not limited to 1919 - they continued for many years. This is very bitter, because the Cossacks put a lot of effort into the defense of our Motherland. And even in this last war, as soon as problems began here, the Cossacks were the first to come to the rescue, and they came from all over Russia!
The priest urged to pray in churches and cell prayers for all whose names are known, "and whose names are unknown - God knows about them."
“Save, Lord, you for these prayers. I wish you God's help in your service, in your work in our time, which is also difficult, not easy, so that you, like them, are faithful to God, the Motherland, the Don and, in general, to all the Cossacks, ”added the archpriest.
Recall that with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, every year on January 24, memorial services are held in Orthodox churches in Russia and around the world for all the murdered Cossacks and their families.
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