Russian drone kills monk at Hryhorievskyi Bizyukov Monastery

On 19 September 2026, Russian forces launched drone and FPV attacks on the Hryhorievskyi Bizyukov Men’s Monastery in the village of Chervonyi Maiak (Novorayska community, Novovorontsov Vicariate of the Novokakhovka Diocese, Kherson region). The Kherson Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church said the monastery’s oldest resident, Monk Moses, was seriously wounded in the monastery strike. The same day, as the monks evacuated toward a neighboring village, a drone attacked them; four monks aged 31 to 53 suffered blast and shrapnel injuries, and Monk Moses later died. Kherson Regional Police described the dead clergyman as 72 and later evacuated the four wounded and the body from the Novorayska community. As of 21 September the wounded were in satisfactory condition at a medical facility in the Kherson region. Ukrinform published the evacuation report on 23 September 2026.

Coordinates are the Nominatim village pin for Chervonyi Maiak / Червоний Маяк, Kherson Oblast (46.9525451, 33.5998028). Nominatim returned no place_of_worship pin for the monastery. occurredOn is the 19 September drone-attack day.