Cherkasy mayor and warden of seized UOC cathedral does not wear cross, photo

The warden of the cathedral seized from the UOC in Cherkasy. Photo: news cherkassy

The Cherkasy Telegram channel News Cherkassy published a photo of the city’s mayor, Anatoliy Bondarenko, without clothes and without a pectoral cross. Previously, Bondarenko had also shared photos of himself where it was clear that he does not wear a pectoral cross.

At the same time, in the OCU, Bondarenko was appointed head of the parish council of the St. Michael's Cathedral, which was seized by radicals who beat UOC clergy and believers.

Earlier, the UOJ reported that the mayor of Cherkasy was excommunicated from the Church by Metropolitan Theodosiy.

The head of the UOC-KP granted the petition of a cleric from the Romanian village of Săgasa to enter his jurisdiction.

Police seized Brother Nazariy during an evening procession around the monastery.

The rector of the Kyiv Seminary of the UGCC emphasized that “unfortunately, not one of Christ’s apostles was a Cossack.”

More than four hundred faithful confirmed their loyalty to the canonical Church amid attempts by raider Hryshchuk to claim an OCU's “victory.”

After the service, Metropolitan Victor awarded episcopal certificates to benefactors and active parishioners.

Employees of the Dutch Embassy in Kyiv hung an LGBT flag over the mission building and stated that they are fighting homophobia.