since 1932, the rector of the temple was archpriest vladimir pasternatsky, who since 1928 was the deanky district. father vladimir was the only priest in the kopol region. he zealously performed his ministry, visiting the surviving temples. he performed services there and consoled believers during years of difficult trials. in 1936-37, arrests of father vladimir followed, which paralyzed liturgical life in the kopol church. at the end of 1937 , father vladimir was arrested and executed. in 1999, the synod of the belarusian orthodox church canonized archpriest vladimir pasternatsky as a new saint. this temple is majestic because a holy man served in this temple; not every temple can boast that the prayer of a holy man was offered here in the thirties of the twentieth century, the priest vladimir pasternatsky served here, he was the dean of the kopol church district, he served in this church here, in the thirty-seventh year he was arrested and, well, let’s say, suffered a martyr’s death for christ, for the fact that he did not renounce his priestly rank, in the ninety-ninth year at the c