after the liberation of belarus, vasily kapyshka was sent to pinsk, became the rector of the varvarae he was ordained as a sandacon in 1934, who would have thought that 10 years later he would return here as rector. had to clean the temple themselves, that is, the priest’s family, and repair it, and in order to support themselves, their family, they were forced to keep a vegetable garden, pigs, and a cow, that is, this is how they ate, served in this temple. in 1957, vasily kopyshchko was transferred to gomel, became rector of the peter and paul cathedral, and after its closure, st. nicholas church. in 1984, the rector of the st. nicholas church in gomel, archpriest vasily. was awarded the patriarch's gold pectoral cross, the highest sign of recognition. it is awarded in exceptional cases. father vasily received the award from his holiness patriarch of all moscow arusi pimin. a person who also experienced all the hardships of the great patriotic war war, front-line soldier, this award is quite rare, in 77 years, only 25 people received it. st. george's church is stale, for more than