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The body of Fr. Chariton was found on August 8th, 2000, in an unmarked individual grave in the cemetery of the Albanian village of Tusus near Prizren by the Commission of exhumation. The body was decapitated and severely mutilated. The head was not found. There were ID and prayer rope with the body. The body was buried in the first monastery of Fr. Chariton – Crna Reka on November 12, 2000. His spiritual father, Fr. Elias, reposed in 2004 and lies in a neighboring grave.
In an interview, Archimandrite Luke (AncicAnich) tells about one event that happened in 1999: "What happened to me is something that I did not understand and I was not ready for. It happened at the ordination of Bishop Gregory Zahumsko-Herzegovinian in the town of Trebinje. After ordination, there was a meal. There was a head table for us, the abbots of large monasteries. But one of the abbots did not come, and Fr. Chariton was put in his place because there was no other place. He was placed between the abbots, and he became a monk only a year ago. However, as soon as he sat down next to me, such feeling of peace spread from him that I was just amazed. "How is it possible - I thought - that after only one year of monastic life, a person has acquired such peace." It was a complete peace that carries over to the others and that is inspiring. I remember that his hands were covered with some small scratches. He looked like he was a monk for 30-40 years. I felt like a small child in front of him, as to the older brother, who has over a decade of monastic life, who has passed all its trials and temptations, and was granted peace. Such a peace I already felt close to some people, great ascetics, and the same piece spread from Chariton. I was shocked. We were not even talking too much during that meal, that much he shone with the peace. A few days later, Chariton was martyred."
Archimandrite Luke (AncicAnich) adds: "I spoke to some bishops, they said that you can pray to him as to a saint, he is a saint, he was killed because he wanted to protect others. Complete, all-embracing peace emanating from him was such that it is evident - he reached the heights of the spiritual life and was ready to finish his earthly journey."
==Sources==
*{{Sr icon}} Living of Chariton the new-martyr of Crna Reka. Crna Reka monastery.
*{{Ru icon}} [http://www.srpska.ru/article.php?nid=20479 Living of Chariton Lukic.]
*{{Ru icon}} [http://obitel-minsk.by/_oid100076525.html Interview with Archimandrite Luke (AncicAnich).]
[[Category: Monastics]]
