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The attack took place near the <strong>St. Nicholas Church<\/strong>: <strong>one<\/strong> monk was killed, and two other monastic residents suffered stab wounds.<\/p>\n<p>According to the publication <strong>&#8220;Union of Orthodox Journalists&#8221;<\/strong>, the deceased was monk <strong>Varsonofiy<\/strong>. His body was found with multiple stab wounds to the face.<\/p>\n<p>The wounded monastics are \u2014 <strong>monk Hryhoriy<\/strong> and <strong>novice Andriy<\/strong>. They are currently in a hospital in <strong>Kharkiv<\/strong> in serious condition.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Ukrainian Orthodox Church<\/strong> later confirmed the killing of a monk of the Sviatohirsk Lavra. 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