Military Recruitment Office detains UOC seminary student in Kyiv
Pavlo Vasilevskyi. Photo: Vasilevskyi’s Instagram
On August 7, 2025, at around 20:00, officers of the Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center (TRC) detained Pavlo Vasilevskyi, a third-year student of the Kyiv Theological Seminary of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC).
According to the UOJ, Pavlo was returning from an evening service at the Kitaiv Hermitage, where he sings in the kliros.
Before his detention, Vasilevskyi had been speaking on the phone with his fiancée, but after 20:00 he stopped responding. His phone is switched off, and his current whereabouts remain unknown.
Earlier, the UOJ reported that the TRC had detained two priests.n the Sarny Eparchy.
Read also
Yelensky told the Danish Church Council about the implementation of the law against the UOC
The head of the SSES attempted to justify the law against the UOC before the Secretary General of the Danish Church Council.
Entrance exams completed at Pochaiv Seminary
29 applicants were recommended for enrollment at Pochaiv Seminary.
EU Commission calls for protection of Jews and Muslims from discrimination
The European Commission has appointed a new special envoy on promoting freedom of religion.
UOC rep comments on Russia's plans to send Dmitry Donskoy's relics to front
Metropolitan Clement stated that no saint would assist in aggression and killings, commenting on Russia's plans to send the relics of Dmitry Donskoy to the front.
OCU calls on its pilgrims to criticize Metropolitan of Corfu
The OCU accused Metropolitan Nectarios of ignoring their structure.
New UOC church of Transfiguration of the Lord founded in Vozsiyatske
Metropolitan Aleksiy of Voznesensk performed the rite of laying the foundation of a church in the village of Vozsiyatske, Mykolaiv region.