Warning about impending seizure of UOC temple in Boyarka circulates online

The Protection of the Mother of God Temple in Boyarka. Photo: boyarka.hrest.info

Olha Panchuk, who identifies herself as a resident of Boyarka in the Kyiv region, announced the holding of a meeting of the religious community of the UOC in honor of the Protection of the Mother of God regarding the "transition to the OCU". According to information from the Dozor_kozak1 Telegram channel, followers of the OCU plan to implement a scheme to seize the Orthodox shrine.

"Representatives of the parish report that this person has no relation to the religious community. Moreover, they do not suspect who this person is," the message says.

Panchuk's meeting is announced for April 24 near the Protection of the Mother of God Temple.

"It seems that in Boyarka, the raiding scheme of the OCU activists is being rehearsed again, according to which they plan to start falsifying documents for the temple," journalists add.

As the UOJ wrote earlier, the UN report states that "clergymen and parishioners of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church continued to experience intimidation." Six cases were documented in five regions where "groups of people forcibly entered UOC temples, justifying their actions by decisions of local self-government bodies regarding the registration of new religious communities of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) at the same address where existing UOC communities are registered."

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