UOC сleric seriously wounded in Zaporizhzhia region
Igumen Kifa (Kul'ko). Photo: UOJ
During the night of February 12, 2025, the abbot of the Holy Trinity Church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), Igumen Kifa (Kul'ko), was seriously wounded in the shelling of the town of Huliaipole in the Zaporizhzhia region.
According to UOJ sources, after an emergency surgery at a hospital in the village of Pokrovske, Igumen Kifa was transferred to the regional hospital in Zaporizhzhia.
His condition remains critical, and he is currently unconscious. Believers are asking for prayers for his recovery.
Earlier, it was reported that a priest of the Donetsk Eparchy was also seriously wounded in shelling.
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