Hieromonk
Father Anatoly, a highly educated monk, was invited to the Holy Trinity Male Monastery on the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul to spread Orthodoxy in the Turkestan region. In 1909, he and Monk Seraphim were called to Verny, where they served in the Assumption Church and cared for the Iver-Sarafim Women's Monastery. After the Bolsheviks came to power in 1918, the monks created a skete in the mountainous area of Medeo, where Anatoly served and nurtured the brotherhood. In 1921, during a flood, he survived, while his brothers, Hieromonk Seraphim and Theognost, were killed by Red Army soldiers. After these events, Anatoly lived in Verny, served in the All Saints Church, and composed music, and then moved to Sukhumi, where he corresponded with the nuns. Soon he received news of his arrest and execution.
