Two more ROC priests killed in Ukraine war
Hieromonk Gerasim of the Magadan Eparchy and Priest Antoniy Shcherbina of the Tikhoretsk Eparchy were killed while serving in the war in Ukraine.
Two clergymen of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) have been killed in the war in Ukraine while carrying out their pastoral duties – Hieromonk Gerasim (Preobrazhensky) of the Magadan Eparchy and Priest Antoniy Shcherbina of the Tikhoretsk Eparchy.
Hieromonk Gerasim was killed on November 10, 2026, when rockets struck a temporary deployment site in the Kherson sector. Since October 2024, he had provided pastoral care to troops of the 91st River Boat Brigade of the Dnipro River Flotilla. Previously, he served at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Magadan and headed the chancery of the eparchial administration. Patriarch Kirill posthumously awarded him the Order of the Holy Right-Believing Prince Dmitry Donskoy, First Class.
Priest Antoniy Shcherbina of the Tikhoretsk Eparchy, part of the Kuban Metropolia, was killed early on the morning of November 11, 2026. He had volunteered to go to the front and was serving as a chaplain with the BARS-11 Cossack unit in the Zaporizhzhia sector. Before traveling to the combat zone, Fr. Antoniy served at the Church of St. John the Russian.
As the UOJ previously reported, another ROC priest was killed in the war in Ukraine in a drone strike.
