In Vyshhorod, UOC community again kicks out raiders and reclaims its temple

Panteleimon community in Vyshhorod reclaimed their temple. Photo: Dozor_kozak1

Shortly after the seizure of the St. Panteleimon temple in Vyshhorod by the "priests" of the OCU on February 24, 2024, the community kicked out the invaders, managed to return the keys and reclaim the shrine, reports Dozor_kozak1.

About 60 parishioners came to their temple in the morning to defend the church. "Go away, no one called you here!" said the parishioners of the Panteleimon temple to the "priests" of the OCU Klos and Bolshakov. Then people were able to enter the territory. The UOC rector Dionisiy Denisenko was given the keys to the "OCU" lock. People entered their temple and served a thanksgiving prayer service.

We will remind, in the early morning of February 21, the cleric of the OCU from the village of Fenevychi Yuri Bolshakov cut the locks in the St. Panteleimon church of Vyshhorod because he "could not sleep". The community managed to get its church back under control. However, on February 24, Bolshakov cut the locks off the temple again.

Read also

Previously unknown sermons of St. Augustine discovered in ancient manuscript

Scholars have confirmed the authenticity of two previously unknown homilies by the great Church Father.

More than 800 anti-Christian incidents reported in France in 2025

France’s Interior Ministry has published a report on a sharp rise in violence against believers.

OCU cleric: Moscow strikes Lavra because OCU is there now

A "priest" of Dumenko's structure believes it is normal to ask God for vengeance against a believer.

Head of “Belarusian Autocephalous Church” prays with OCU in Pyriatyn

The leader of the BAOC, unrecognized in the Orthodox world, Sviatoslav Lohin, held a “joint prayer service” with military chaplains in Poltava Region.

Chief Rabbi discusses religious freedom in Ukraine with State Dept official

The participants discussed attacks on religious buildings and cases of pressure on believers.

Monastic tonsure performed in Khust Eparchy

At the diocesan metochion in the village of Synevyrska Poliana, Bishop Mark of Rakhiv performed the rite of rassophore tonsure.