Mother Superior
Venerable Martyr Eva, in the world Akilina Vasilyevna Pavlova, was born on July 10, 1879, in the village of Issa, Inzarsky District of Moscow Province. She was the abbess of one of the monasteries in Penza. In 1929, she was arrested in the village of Balki, Saratov Region. Her term of exile, according to various sources, lasted from 3 to 8 years and ended in 1932.
For the second time, Abbess Eva was arrested on June 23, 1937. On August 23, 1937, an indictment was issued in case No. 723, which stated that she was the leader of a secret monastery in the city of Chimkent and conducted counter-revolutionary agitation. During the investigation, she stated that she was not involved in counter-revolution.
The troika of the NKVD for the South Kazakhstan region sentenced her to the highest measure of punishment. On August 27, 1937, she was shot in the Lisyaya Balka of the city of Chimkent.
