Several UOC clerics detained in military unit in Lviv region, media
Abducted UOC clergy. Photo: kozakTv1
In one of the military units in the Lviv region, several clergymen of the UOC, as well as clerics of the UOC-KP and Protestant pastors, are being illegally detained. This is reported by kozakTv1 citing its sources.
It is reported that among those detained are the rector of the Annunciation Church of the UOC in the town of Pyatykhatky, Fr. Dmytro Senetovych, the rector of the Church of the Pochaiv Icon of the Mother of God (UOC) Fr. Rostyslav Kalynovskyi, and several other UOC clerics.
All representatives of religious organizations are being pressured to sign documents and take an oath. The clergymen refuse.
Earlier, the UOJ reported that the TRC abducted another priest of the Ternopil Eparchy.
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