Aerial footage of cross procession of UOC in Kyiv published online

The Cross Procession of the UOC on July 27, 2021, aerial footage. Photo: a screenshot of the "Strana.ua" video

A video of the Great Procession of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, filmed from the air, has appeared on the Web. The aerial footage of the prayer procession held on July 27, 2021, in Kyiv as part of the celebration of the 1033rd anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’ was published by “Strana”.

“’Strana’ shot the Cross Procession of the UOC from a quadrocopter. The scale is very clearly visible. There are a lot of people,” the resource noted on the TG channel

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