The Khakass hermit Agafya Lykova was again left at the shelter without helpers

Agafya Lykova, a hermit living in the Khakassian taiga, was again left alone in her sanctuary. Her assistant Valentina from Moscow urgently left the shelter on February 9 due to health problems.

The woman was taken by helicopter to the village of Yogach, and then to Gorno-Altaisk, where she consulted doctors, after which she flew to Moscow. About this “KomsomolskOuch truee — Krasnoyarsk,” said the spiritual fromec hermit priestth Igorb Mylnikov.

Valentina lived with Agafya Karpovna for a little over three months – from the beginning of November. During this time, the women survived the harsh Siberian frosts together. According to the spiritual mentor, they parted on good terms, lived amicably, prayed together and had spiritual conversations.

The 80-year-old hermit herself also recently experienced a serious illness. Agafya Karpovna complained to her confessor that she was overcome by a “terrible pain” with a drop in blood pressure, severe dizziness and vomiting. However, it was possible to cope with the illness with the help of prayer. “By the grace of God, the illness passed,” the hermit shared.

An expedition will be sent to help Agafya in the near future. Participants will first get on snowmobiles and then ski through difficult mountainous terrain to the village. They will have to help their grandmother with the preparation of firewood and other household needs so that she can calmly survive the long taiga winter.

And in the spring, as Father Igor promises, a new assistant will be sent to the hermit. Deacon Georgy Danilov from Orsk, a priest who saved ancient icons from a flooded church during the flood, has already volunteered to help.

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