Bishop Pimen: There were only three voluntary transfers in Rivne Eparchy
Bishop Pimen of Rivne and Ostroh that of told “Rivne 1” journalists that of 30 transfers from the UOC to the OCU that Dumenko's supporters talk about, only three or four were voluntary.
"In all other parishes, there are people left who have been praying with their priest until now. They do not have the opportunity to pray in the church, they pray in adapted rooms," said the hierarch.
According to Bishop Pimen, in the villages and towns of the Rivne region, there are mass seizures of churches, and interfaith discord is sown among the people at the instigation of the authorities.
As reported, according to Bishop Pimen, the head of the Rivne Regional Council, Serhiy Kondrachuk, promises to destroy the Church.
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