Zelenskyy imposes sanctions against Chancellor and six more UOC reps
Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo: mriya.news
On December 11, 2022, by decree 863, Volodymyr Zelenskyy put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council "On the application of personal special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions)" against bishops and other representatives of the UOC. The decree was published on the website of the President of Ukraine.
According to the text, sanctions are imposed against:
- Metropolitan Anthony of Boryspil and Brovary of the UOC;
- Metropolitan Meletiy of Chernivtsi and Bukovyna, Chairman of the DECR UOC;
- Metropolitan Luke of Zaporizhzhia and Melitopol;
- Metropolitan Panteleimon of Luhansk and Alchevsk;
- Archbishop Paisiy of Konstantinovka;
- Archimandrite Ioann, rector of the Melitopol Savva Monastery;
- Archimandrite Alexy, rector of the Dormition Cathedral in Kherson.
Sanctions are imposed for a period of 5 years.
Recall that earlier the National Security and Defense Council imposed sanctions against Archdeacon Vadim Novinsky, the abbot of the Lavra Metropolitan Pavel, and eight other hierarchs of the UOC.
Read also
UOC priest detained by Military Recruitment Office in Ternopil Region
The priest was abducted early in the morning.
Metropolitan Tychikos submits Confession of Faith to the Synod of Cyprus
In his statement, Metropolitan Tychikos rejected all accusations of supporting schism and reaffirmed his loyalty to the canons of the Church.
UOC cleric: Ecumenical Patriarch must intervene after disgrace in Chernivtsi
Archpriest Oleksandr Klymenko believes that Patriarch Bartholomew should have responded to the actions of his spiritual children even before appeals from assaulted clergy began to emerge.
Kidnapped priest from Kamianske released by Military Enlistment Office
Fr. Rostyslav Kalynovskyi has returned to his family and parish ministry.
Identities of those involved in UOC church seizure in Chernivtsi revealed
According to UOJ sources, among the attackers were members of the “Tryzub” organization as well as cadets from the Ivano-Frankivsk Police Academy.
Source: Internal investigation launched against Chernivtsi police deputy chief
An internal investigation has been launched against Sviatoslav Anatoliyovych Kishlar, Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Chernivtsi Region, UOJ sources report.