TRC-abducted rector of Pochaiv Skete dispatched to military unit

Archimandrite Paphnutiy. Photo: Vadym Dobrovskyi's Facebook page

The abbot of the Holy Spirit Skete of the Pochaev Lavra, Archimandrite Paphnutiy, who was abducted by officers of the Territorial Recruitment Center (TRC), has been transported to a military unit in Rivne Oblast. This was reported on Facebook by Skete deacon Vadym Dobrovskyi.

“We report that, according to the latest information, our abbot has been taken from the Ternopil TRC to one of the military units in Rivne Oblast,” the clergyman wrote.

As previously reported by the UOJ, the TRC had detained the rector of the Pochaiv Holy Spirit Skete in the city of Kremenets.

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