On August 24, 2002, at the age of 93, the famous elder, Mitred Archpriest Nikolai Guryanov, died. After his death, it became known that at one time he took secret monastic tonsure, which he hid by humility. Father Nicholas was honored with many gifts of the Holy Spirit, among them - gifts of insight, healing, miracles. From all over Russia, believers who needed spiritual advice and prayerful help from the elder came to the island of Zalit.