The Murder of Fr. Aleksandr Men. Narrator: It was Sunday. People were waiting for Fr. Aleksandr at Liturgy, but he didn’t arrive… Ada: …Father didn’t turn up and everybody was worried, we couldn’t …More
The Murder of Fr. Aleksandr Men.
Narrator:
It was Sunday. People were waiting for Fr. Aleksandr at Liturgy, but he didn’t arrive…
Ada:
…Father didn’t turn up and everybody was worried, we couldn’t understand what was going on. …Masha Temina and I decided to go to Fr. Men’s house to find out why he hadn’t come to perform the liturgy. …
Borisov:
1990 was very eventful: … And all of a sudden such a tragic event occurred – the murder of Father Men. …
Borisov:
… Journalists that had interviewed Fr. Alexander received calls, forbidding them from broadcasting the remaining interviews threatening them with revenge, …
Pavel:
I know from a reliable source that they still dislike Men in the KGB to this day …
Narrator:
On the 9th of September 1990, the priest Aleksandr Men was killed on his way to church. Somebody approached him from behind and struck his head with a sharp instrument. Fr.Men died from loss of blood close to his house.
Ada:
He reached the gate, leaned on it and collapsed. I shouted something, I don’t remember myself. I said to Masha: “go away, otherwise they’ll kill us all”.
Narrator:
It was Sunday. People were waiting for Fr. Aleksandr at Liturgy, but he didn’t arrive…
Ada:
…Father didn’t turn up and everybody was worried, we couldn’t understand what was going on. …Masha Temina and I decided to go to Fr. Men’s house to find out why he hadn’t come to perform the liturgy. …
Borisov:
1990 was very eventful: … And all of a sudden such a tragic event occurred – the murder of Father Men. …
Borisov:
… Journalists that had interviewed Fr. Alexander received calls, forbidding them from broadcasting the remaining interviews threatening them with revenge, …
Pavel:
I know from a reliable source that they still dislike Men in the KGB to this day …
Narrator:
On the 9th of September 1990, the priest Aleksandr Men was killed on his way to church. Somebody approached him from behind and struck his head with a sharp instrument. Fr.Men died from loss of blood close to his house.
Ada:
He reached the gate, leaned on it and collapsed. I shouted something, I don’t remember myself. I said to Masha: “go away, otherwise they’ll kill us all”.