Evidence Gaps in Metropolitan Murder Accounts
Based on the provided quotes, we do not see any mention of Metropolitan Tikhon Shevkunov or the detention of individuals who were planning his assassination. All three quotes included in the JSON relate to events associated with the murder of Metropolitan Vladimir at the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra during the 1918 civil war. For example, one excerpt states:"In 1918, the civil war began. At that time, Archbishop Alexey settled in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra and began inciting the monks against Metropolitan Vladimir. On January 25, five soldiers, headed by a sailor, burst into the metropolitan residence. The Metropolitan was tortured, strangled with a chain attached to a cross, extorted for money, and mocked. After some time, dressed in a monastic habit, with a panagia on his chest and wearing a white clerical hat, he came out surrounded by soldiers." (source: link txt, page: 9)Such descriptions are intended to illustrate the tragic circumstanc