Network shows women walking through the altar of UGCC temple

Parishioners in a Uniate church walk through the altar. Photo: screenshot from V. Kovtach's Facebook page

A video was published on the Web, where male parishioners and female parishioners pass through the altar of one of the Uniate churches to venerate the icon hanging behind the throne. All this is being watched by a bishop who looks like the Uniate Metropolitan of Ternopil-Zborov Vasyl Semeniuk.

Volodymyr Kovtach, who posted the video on his Facebook page, wrote "UGCC!" and quoted the 69th canon of the VI Ecumenical Council: “It is not permitted to a layman to enter the sanctuary (Holy Altar, Gk.).”

Earlier, the UOJ wrote that a pagan performance was staged in the Lviv temple of the UGCC.

Read also

OCU thanks Novovolynsk mayor for transporting people to Dumenko's "service"

Supporters of the OCU sent gratitude to Mayor Borys Karpus for providing transportation to the Holy Dormition Cathedral in Volodymyr.

Khmelnytskyi Eparchy comments on seizure in Kuzmyn

The seizure of the UOC church in Kuzmyn was based on forged documents about changing jurisdiction to the OCU.

Restoration of St Florus Convent: Former KCSA official reported suspicion

A former deputy general director of the Kyiv Scientific and Methodological Center for the Protection and Restoration of Monuments is suspected of embezzling 660 thousand hryvnias of budget funds.

Meeting of UOC Synodal Commission on canonization held in Kyiv

A meeting of the Synodal Commission of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, dedicated to the consideration of issues related to canonization, was held at the Presentation (Vvedensky) Monastery in Kyiv.

Archaeologists uncover 4th-century Christian church complex near Rome

In the ancient port city of Ostia near Rome, archaeologists have uncovered a large early Christian complex with a church and bishop's palace dating back to the 4th century.

Vance praises Georgian patriarch's work

The U.S. vice president spoke positively about the role of the primate of the Georgian Church in preserving Christian values in the country.