EVGENY RODIONOV RUSSIAN ORTHODOX MARTYR (+ 23-5-1996) ΑΡΝΗΘΗΚΕ ΝΑ ΒΓΑΛΕΙ ΤΟ ΣΤΑΥΡΟ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΝΑ ΓΙΝΕΙ ΜΟΥΣΟΥΛΜΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΣΕΤΣΕΝΟΣ ΤΟΝ ΑΠΟΚΕΦΑΛΙΣΕ. ΓΙΑ ΑΓΙΟΠΟΙΗΣΗ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΕΙΟ ΜΟΣΧΑΣ.
Evgeny Rodionov,19 years old, did not lose his faith despite horrible tortures
The Russian patriotic press has already reported about the deed of a 19-year-old Russian soldier, Evgeny Rodionov. This young man found himself in the Chechen captivity in 1996. He did not betray either his fatherland or his faith. He did not take off his cross even at the hardest moment of beastly tortures. The state decorated Evgeny with the Order of Courage. Peoples donations made it possible to put a two-meter high Orthodox cross on his grave. People come to visit his grave from most distant parts of Russia. His mother, Lubov Rodionova, says that peoples attitude changed her entire awareness of life. A WWII veteran once came to visit Evgenys grave. He took off his military decoration the Bravery Medal and put in on the tombstone.Eighteen-year-old Evgeny Rodionov was taken captive with three other soldiers at night of February 14th, not far from the Chechen settlement of Galashki. The guys arrived from the Kaliningrad region. They patrolled the border between the republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia. Their control and registration post was located some 200 meters far from the security detachment. The post was just a small cabin, without any light or wire communication. The cabin did not even have a military support, in spite of the fact that it was a single cabin on the mountainous road, which was used for carrying weapons, ammunition, captives, drugs and so on. The border guards stopped an ambulance vehicle to check it. More than ten armed Chechens got out of the vehicle. Needless to mention that it was very easy for them to cope with young inexperienced soldiers. The guys showed as much resistance as they could, but the outcome of the fight was evident before it even started. Lubov Rodionova believes that this incident happened over officers negligence, basically. The captivity has always been considered to be the most horrible thing that can ever happen to a person. It implies no freedom, but only tortures and humiliation. Experience showed that the Chechen captivity is the most horrid, the most inhuman and barbaric thing that can ever happen, Lubov Rodionova believes.As soon as she learned that her son was a captive of Chechen guerrillas, she started looking for him all over Chechnya for nine months. She had to go through every horror imaginable. I think that God was watching over me. I was walking along mined roads, but I did not step on a bomb. He protected me from bombings, he did not let me die, because my duty was to find my son, to bury him on his native land, according to Christian traditions. I have realized that recently. When I was walking along those military roads, I just kept silence, praying to God in my heart.
