During the First World War, one surgeon was seriously wounded. Understanding that he had little chance of surviving, he vowed that if he did not die, he would serve God. and survived. He kept his oath to become a priest. During the Second World War he went to the partisans and, as the most literate, became the head of the headquarters of the partisan unit, but since there were wounded and sick, he had to remember his first profession. He saved many.
At a reception in the Kremlin in honor of distinguished partisans, he was presented to Stalin, who was told his story. Stalin asked what he would do after the war. He said he would return to his home. Stalin, apparently, wanted to turn him to medical activity, and he said, "Oh, what a surgeon we have lost in your face!" “And what pastor the church has lost in your face, Joseph Visaryonovich!” replied the pop surgeon-partisan.