Nun
Tamara Ivanovna Provorikina was born on February 20, 1880, in the village of Anokhino, Ryazan Province, in the family of a priest. From 1902 to 1928, she devoted herself to the Vladimir Women’s Monastery in Ivanovo-Voznesensk. After the monastery was closed, she did not abandon her monastic life, opposed Renovationism, and adhered to the Tikhonov orientation. She worked at the Commission for the Deaf and engaged in the sewing of blankets. On April 27, 1932, she was arrested and accused of “anti-Soviet agitation,” but the investigation released her from custody. On March 22, 1937, she was arrested again, accused of “counter-revolutionary activity.”
Mother Margarita, Fevronia, Tamara, and Maria Ivanovna were involved in the same group case “Sisterhood of St. Cyprian, Ivanovo Province, 1937.” Mothers Margarita and Tamara were sentenced to 5 years, while Mothers Fevronia and Maria Ivanovna received 3 years of exile in Kazakhstan. In exile, they stayed together and settled in the village of Maiskoye, engaging in joint prayer. On December 3, 1937, they were all arrested again and a new group case “Margarita Zakachurina and others, Pavlodar, 1937” was initiated. On December 4, the investigation for this case was completed with the verdict: THE HIGHEST MEASURE OF PUNISHMENT – EXECUTION.
