IvanSatoru 
Angle-Considerer
[This happened](https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/06/17/coronavirus-denying-russian-priest-captures-church-with-cossack-fighters-a70597) during the Rise of the Corona:
> A prominent Russian Orthodox priest who was barred from preaching for his anti-coronavirus views has laid siege to a women’s monastery, the 66.ru news website reported Tuesday.
> Religious authorities barred Father Sergei, the ultraconservative spiritual leader of the Sredneuralsk women’s monastery in central Russia, from public ministry in April for disobeying orders to follow health guidelines. Monasteries across Russia have been beset by Covid-19 cases amid Russia’s outbreak.
> **Father Sergei chased out the Sredneuralsk monastery’s installed leader and set up a perimeter of Cossack fighters to guard the site**, according to Yekaterinburg’s 66.ru.
Epic
> “Father Sergei literally removed the mother superior from management,” the Yekaterinburg diocese told the outlet.
> He is now reportedly refusing to let in journalists as well as a priest sent by the local church leadership to replace Mother Superior Varvara, who had led the Sredneuralsk monastery since its founding in 2005.
> **“I’m not going anywhere... they’ll have to chase me out with police and the National Guard,”** Father Sergei said Wednesday.
This guy is hardcore.
> A prominent Russian Orthodox priest who was barred from preaching for his anti-coronavirus views has laid siege to a women’s monastery, the 66.ru news website reported Tuesday.
> Religious authorities barred Father Sergei, the ultraconservative spiritual leader of the Sredneuralsk women’s monastery in central Russia, from public ministry in April for disobeying orders to follow health guidelines. Monasteries across Russia have been beset by Covid-19 cases amid Russia’s outbreak.
> **Father Sergei chased out the Sredneuralsk monastery’s installed leader and set up a perimeter of Cossack fighters to guard the site**, according to Yekaterinburg’s 66.ru.
Epic
> “Father Sergei literally removed the mother superior from management,” the Yekaterinburg diocese told the outlet.
> He is now reportedly refusing to let in journalists as well as a priest sent by the local church leadership to replace Mother Superior Varvara, who had led the Sredneuralsk monastery since its founding in 2005.
> **“I’m not going anywhere... they’ll have to chase me out with police and the National Guard,”** Father Sergei said Wednesday.
This guy is hardcore.