Nadiya

[Svetlana]

Death of Matriarch Illivna, weeklong mourning period decreeted across the NEC as the Matriarchate's leaders convene for the election of a new Matriarch: a game of chess has began

Petrograd, Kozaki. It was a devastating days for the followers of the Matriarchal Church of Nadiya as today the instition announced the death of Matriarch Illivna in her sleep. Matriarcha Illivna also commonly known as Mama Illivna led the church ever since its foundation in the late 56th century when a group of nuns rebelled against the Rodashyam controlled Aurorian Church of Trigunia, the ideals of the church still the same the Aurorian one but with a radically different division between male and women as now instead of both genders being equal, now women dominate every important position of the church's clerical system with priests and monks reduced to only low levels titles while nuns took the reign of power in accordance with the Matriarchist wave that swept through the isles shortly after the ORD. With the death of Matriarch Illivna, the NEC announced an isles wide 1 week mourning period with all flags having to fly at half mat, the church on the other hand has started to prepare for the election of both a new Matriarch and a new supreme clerical council to lead the church in what many call a grand game of chess in an era where the isles fastest growing church will have to adapt to new realities and teachings.