Son of UOC priest from Ovruch Diocese killed on the frontline
Andriy Lenko studied in seminary and wanted to become a priest. Photo: Facebook of Ovruch City Council
On April 17, 2024, while defending his homeland, Andriy Lenko, the son of Father Volodymyr Lenko from the Ovruch Diocese, was killed, the UOC Press Service reports, citing the Facebook page of the Ovruch City Council. He died near the village of Razdolivka, in the Bakhmut district of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. For a long time, he had been listed as missing in action.
Andriy graduated from the Zhytomyr Agro-Economic University. At the time of his draft, he was studying at the Kyiv Theological Seminary, dreaming of becoming a priest.
Reports indicate that he was mobilized in 2022 despite his illness.
Earlier, the UOJ reported that the son of a UOC priest from Ostroh was also killed on the frontline.
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