In memory of the new martyrs: the grave of Leonilla Gintovt has been landscaped in Gomeltranslated

In Gomel, the grave of Leonilla Antonovna Gintovt, the wife of Archpriest Pavel Vikentievich Gintovt, was cleaned. The parish of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord and the parish of the Church of the Hieromartyr Alexy, presbyter of Lelchitsky took part in it.

A memorial plaque was installed at Leonilla Antonovna’s grave in memory of her husband, Archpriest Pavel Gintovt, and her brother, Protodeacon Rostislav Chirinovich. Both clergy served in the old Transfiguration Church of Gomel.

During the years of persecution of the Church, Archpriest Pavel, Protodeacon Rostislav and Leonilla Antonovna were repressed. Only Mother Leonilla survived: as the wife of an “enemy of the people,” she spent several years in concentration camps. Leonilla Antonovna died in 1964.

On the memorial plaque are the words:

Here lies Leonilla Antonovna Gintovt, the wife of Archpriest Pavel Vikentyevich Gintovt and the sister of Protodeacon Rostislav Antonovich Chirinovich, whose graves are unknown. Eternal memory to the innocent tortured and killed sufferers for the Faith of Christ!