At St. John the Theologian Convent of UOC, tonsure into Great Schema performed

Schema-nun Nina with sisters and believers after the tonsure ar the St. John the Theologian Convent of the UOC. Photo: uoc-news

On August 25, 2025, the rite of tonsure into the Great Schema was performed at the St. John the Theologian Convent in the village of Kopashnevo, Zakarpattia region. This was reported by the UOC Information and Education Department with reference to the press service of the Khust Eparchy.

The sacrament was led by Archimandrite Isaakiy. During the tonsure, nun Anastasia received a new name – Schema-nun Nina.

The message emphasizes that during the tonsure, monastics take vows of complete renunciation of the world, humility, and unceasing prayer. The Great Schema is considered the highest degree of monastic feat and symbolizes the complete dedication of one's life to God.

The sisters of the convent and the faithful offered prayers for Schema-nun Nina's spiritual strength and grace-filled assistance on her further monastic path.

Earlier, the UOJ reported that the UOC performed a tonsure into the Great Schema at the Kniazhychi Monastery.

Read also

Zelensky's ex-press secretary: Yermak practices magic

Yuliia Mendel spoke about foreign magicians, rituals at a cemetery, and dolls made with water from corpses.

During Dumenko's "service", Huz threatens nuns of Zymne Convent

The MP publicly declared the state's readiness to "act" against the Zymne and Nyzkynychi monasteries of the UOC in Volyn.

MP on expulsion of UOC from Volodymyr cathedral: “No katsaps here anymore”

After the first “service” of the OCU in the Dormition Cathedral of Volodymyr, taken from the UOC, Member of Parliament Ihor Huz delivered a political statement прямо from the ambo.

Reserve entices Kyiv residents to Lavra with photo session

The National Reserve "Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra" published an appeal to subscribers to visit the holy monastery to take photographs.

37,000 free meals prepared by UOC parish in Kropyvnytskyi in 2025

Parishioners of the Annunciation Church of the Kirovohrad Eparchy have been providing daily hot meals to local residents and displaced persons since the beginning of the war.

We stand here for our faith, a sermon at the prayer vigil near Lavra

During prayer at the walls of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, a UOC priest noted that believers ask not for privileges but for respect for their faith.