In Chernivtsi, TRC employees abduct UOC priest
In the center of Chernivtsi, police representatives and people in camouflage stopped an Orthodox priest. Photo: Pershyi Kozatskyi
On August 7, 2025, TRC employees detained a priest of the Chernivtsi-Bukovyna Eparchy of the UOC, Father Karp. This was reported on the Telegram channel kozakTv1.
5 people stopped the clergyman at the Cathedral Square of Chernivtsi.
According to Orthodox journalists, Fr Karp is currently in the Territorial Recruitment Center.
As reported by the UOJ, the TRC detained two priests in the Sarny Eparchy.
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