The priest performed a memorial service for the warrior-sailor at the Isheevskoye cemeterytranslated

On October 22, at the Isheevskoye Cemetery of the city of Ulyanovsk on the Walk of Fame, a memorial service was held for the deceased warrior-sailor, senior lieutenant Dionisia Kirichenko, who tragically died during Northern Fleet exercises on August 12, 2000 in the Barents Sea on a sunken nuclear submarine missile cruiser K-141 "Kursk".

The funeral service at the invitation of the leadership of the Ulyanovsk regional public organization of the association of Navy veterans “Sea Brotherhood” was performed by the head of the Simbirsk diocese department for interaction with the armed forces, Archpriest Sergiy Kichigin.

In an edifying sermon, the priest addressed the veterans, noting that the feat of the sailors of the Kursk nuclear submarine cannot be forgotten, and military service to the Fatherland always remains difficult, but heroic and necessary work.

At the end of the funeral service, the chairman of the veteran public organization, Captain 2nd Rank Alexander Emelkin, laid flowers and a pouch with soil from the Vidyaevo garrison, where Dionisy Kirichenko served in the military service, at the memorial monument.

On the same day, veterans of the brotherhood visited the church in the name of St. Nikita, Bishop of Novgorod, on the territory of the cemetery and prayed for repose...