Dunya, knowing in advance of her impending death...
had sent Anna, on the eve of the execution, to leave a prayer book for them...
to the hermitage to Father Sofroniy, the founder of the Sofroniy Hermitage in the Arzamas forests.
It was a keen-witted old man who, seeing Anna, said to her, "Run back, or they will be shot!"
Annushka managed to return, and the soldier let her into the house of those arrested.
She said to Dunya: "I want to suffer with you too!"
But Dunya replied: "No, Anna, you stay and remember us."
"And how shall I remember you? After all, everyone is ruined!"
"Oh no, sweetheart! Still in the 1940s, you will remember us, everyone will be surprised!"
And she sent her home.
Anna lived a long life...
and always remembered the martyrs.
But not only she, many in the village held memorial services every August 18th...
when Dunya had accepted the death of a martyr (because no one remembered the exact day of her birth.)
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They also commemorated Dunya on the day of her angel...
the holy martyr Evdokia of Heliopolis.
On fast days, according to the statutes, a commemoration was always held...
without alcohol and meager food.
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Anna, living in her house, despite her illnesses...
led the same strict ascetic life as before with Dunya.
She died after the war.
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