Due to war in Ukraine, 700 churches destroyed, half of them belong to UOC
A burning UOC church. Photo: UOC press service
During the war in Ukraine, more than 700 religious buildings were damaged, reports "Master's Workshop of Academic Religious Studies". Half of them belong to the UOC – 346 churches. Next is the OCU – 66 churches. Uniate and Catholic – 28. Also affected were 178 buildings of Protestant communities, 8 – Muslim, 20 – Jewish, and 10 – other religions.
Earlier, the UOJ reported that by the end of winter 2025, according to the Workshop, 339 UOC churches were damaged.
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