Kyiv Court upholds legal transfer of Stebliv church to OCU, Cherkasy region

The Ascension Church in Stebliv. Photo: bogdan susol

On July 17, 2025, the Economic Court made a decision regarding the fate of the Ascension Church of the UOC in the village of Stebliv, Cherkasy region. Judge Serhiy Mudryi denied the claim of the community's rector against the Cherkasy RMA and the OCU community for the "recognition of the general meeting's decision as invalid (illegal) and its cancellation" regarding the transfer of the church to the OCU, and the "recognition of changes in the legal entity's statute as invalid, recognition of the order as illegal and its cancellation."

The rector of the UOC community argued his claim by stating that:

Judge Mudryi justified his refusal by stating that:

Earlier, the UOJ reported that the Prosecutor's Office demands that the Cherkasy RMA transfer four UOC churches to the state.

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