TRC takes multi-child UOC priest directly from cross procession to Pochaiv
Archpriest Bohdan Matviiv. Photo: Dialog.tut
On August 25, 2025, the last day of the cross procession from Kamianets-Podilskyi to Pochaiv, TRC officers detained Archpriest Bohdan Matviiv, reports Dialog.tut.
«I am the wife of a UOC priest who was detained by the TRC when he was taking sick people to the Lavra. Now he is being taken in the direction of Lutsk», journalists quoted the priest's wife.
It is reported that Archpriest Bohdan, a cleric of the Kremenchuk Eparchy, is the father of 5 children, the eldest of whom is fighting at the front. According to the latest data, the priest is already at the Rivne training ground.
The priest's wife requests prayerful and legal support.
Earlier, the UOJ wrote that UOC clerics are being massively mobilized to the front.
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