Moscow region, Sergiev Posad, Lavra, Academy

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MThA Remembers Five Students Killed in 1986 Fire

September 28, 2023 marks 37 years since the dramatic event, when the fire broke out at the Moscow Theological Seminary and claimed the lives of five students.

The fire occurred during the night of September 27–28, 1986.

The third-year seminary students who died were Igor Krasov, Vladislav Lugin, Yaroslav Korotetsky, Vladimir Maksimov, and Dmitry Logotov.

On September 28, at the Annunciation Cemetery of Sergiev Posad, with the blessing of the Bishop of Sergiev Posad and Dmitrov Kirill, Rector of the Moscow Theological Academy, Hieromonk Cassian (Plosky), a senior assistant to the Vice-rector for Educational work of the Academy, performed a funeral service at their grave.

MThA Press Office