On November 29, the state prosecutor asked the court to sentence the former schema-abbot to four years in a general regime colony.
Romanov was detained on the night of December 28-29, 2020.
He was charged under three counts: suicidal tendencies, arbitrariness, and offending religious feelings.
In September of the same year, it became known that Schemamonk Sergius had been excommunicated for conducting divine services, despite being deprived of his dignity.