The death of the priest. Roman Nikolaev: biography, investigation and versions of the murder

July 29, 2015, Kiev was shocked by the terrible news: the priest Roman Nikolayev died from a serious gunshot wound. He was loved by parishioners, he was only a little over forty, he had a wife, son and grandson. Savored on Romana on the night of 25 to 26 July. Two unknown men in masks waited for the priest's return at the entrance of his house, which is located on the street. Heroes of Stalingrad. When one of the attackers noticed him, he aimed at him in the head. Father Roman was not robbed, since his personal belongings remained with him. The wounded Roman Nikolayev remained bleeding on the stairs until he was discovered by a neighbor who immediately called for an ambulance and the police. Roman died in intensive care on the fourth day.

Roman Nikolayev (priest): biography

Roman was born on February 7, 1975. He served as a sexton at the temple of Kosma and Damian since 2004. And in 2005 Roman Nikolayev entered the Kiev Theological Seminary. Since 2009, he begins to serve in the rank of deacon at the temple of Kosma and Damian. Since 2013, has been ordained a priest. Soon he was appointed the chief and responsible person for the construction of the St. Tatiana Church in the Obolon district of the city of Kiev, where he was later assumed to serve as rector.

Consequence

The law enforcement agencies immediately sent all the forces to search for the perpetrators of the crime and opened the case after a deliberate murder, which threatens the criminals from 7 to 15 years in prison. Now it is difficult to judge the motives of this atrocity.

At all times, the murder of a priest was considered the most unprecedented thing that only a low man can do, for clergymen do not have the right to defend themselves with fights and weapons, they also do not participate in political struggle without sympathizing either side. Thus, violence against the defenseless is predetermined.

About Roman said that he gives the impression of a respectable and friendly person. In connection with the power change of power in Ukraine and the unleashed war in the Donbass, the situation in the country is still tense, people are divided into two opposing camps and religiously too (the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate is constantly accused of all deadly sins). In politics, too, there was a very strong split. However, Roman Nikolaev, a priest of the UOC-MP, is the man who never exposed his political views in social networks.

Versions

A slightly strange processed version of the fact that the murder could be associated with the construction of the temple, as there were activists opposing its creation.

However, with this tragic event are still quite strange circumstances. On the day of St. Martyr Tatiana, February 25, 2014, a solemn event was held - the place and the first laying of the stone of the church under construction was consecrated by Bishop Theodosius of Boyar. On the second day, the unknown board was flooded with orange paint. About this unpleasant event wrote on his page in Facebook, the hieromonk of the Desyatinny Monastery in the city of Kiev Malchisedek (Gordienko).

One of the main reasons

Melchizedek also said that the first Divine Liturgy, performed by Father Roman Nikolaev, was served on the site of the temple on August 10. From that time on the site of the Deanery everyone was informed that every Sunday and on the twelve days there will be divine services.

Now we come to the most interesting thing, which is written by the edition "Socinal Region". It turns out that on February 27, 2015, a deputy from the Batkivshchyna party A.Brigintsu allegedly received a written statement from residents of the Obolon district of Kiev who were literally angered by the fact that the UOC MP began building a church on Prirechnaya Street, when there is already one temple there. People's Deputy immediately sent a paper to the state administration of Kiev to Vladimir Makeenko to get all the information about the land, by whom and when it was allocated for the construction of the temple.

In general, however that may be, there is a version, but criminals have not been found to this day.