Alternative service for mobilized UOC cleric: online appeal
Cleric of the Shepetivka Eparchy of the UOC, Archpriest Vasyl Dukach. Photo: t.me/dialogtut
Archpriest Vasyl Dukach, a cleric of the Shepetivka Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), has been mobilized and assigned to the 31st Separate Mechanized Brigade. To prevent him from having to take up arms, believers are organizing support to provide him with an alternative service as a driver for the unit's needs.
A fundraising campaign has been launched for this purpose.
"If we all contribute together, a cargo-passenger minibus will be purchased, the priest will take the wheel, and he won’t have to participate in combat with a weapon," the appeal states.
PrivatBank Transfer: privat24.ua/send/2vy85
Card Number: 5168752134341927 (Kolomiyets M.M. – the priest organizing the fundraiser).
Due to the previous card reaching its limit, new payment details have been published: 4441111023171204 (Monobank).
As previously reported by the UOJ, military personnel thanked the UOC Khust Eparchy community for their assistance.
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