"...Before performing surgery, he would light the candle, pray, and then bless the sick person. He would use iodine and cotton to form the sign of the Cross on the body, at the site of the incision, and only then would he begin the procedure with "formality"...
...The hardships began in 1923. That year, he was ordained as the bishop of Taskent. He was arrested, imprisoned, and taken to Siberia...
...In Siberia, in a small wooden hospital, they brought him a patient with severe kidney failure, and he dared to perform the first kidney transplant from an animal to a human...
...In order for the Saint to reach this chapel, he had to walk seven kilometers on foot, through the snow and mud. He would sink in the snow! He couldn't continue! He would lose his shoes and many times he would arrive barefoot at this church..."