UOC eparchy priests perform funeral service for Kyiv missile strike victims

Funeral in the village of Slidy. Photo: Mohyliv-Podilskyi Eparchy's FB

In the village of Slidy, Vinnytsia region, priests of the Mohyliv-Podilskyi Diocese of the UOC performed the funeral service for the innocent victims: a 40-year-old woman and her two children, aged 9 and 10, who tragically died on July 8 as a result of a missile strike by Russian forces on the city of Kyiv, the diocese's social media reported.

The clergymen of the Vendychany district of the Mohyliv-Podilskyi Eparchy, including Archpriest Anatoliy, who conducted the service, and other clergy members of the diocese, extend their sincere condolences to the families of the deceased.

As reported by the UOJ, the Primate of the UOC expressed condolences in connection with the missile strike on Kyiv.

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