Kremenets authorities in Ternopil region demand UOC ban
Deputies of the Kremenets City Council registered an appeal to ban the UOC on the territory of the community, reports deputy Zoya Karpiuk on her Facebook page.
"I will write only a few sentences. Today registered in the Kremenets City Council an appeal to ban the churches of the Moscow Patriarchate on the territory of the community. It will not be easy. <... > Everything in Ukraine should be Ukrainian," the deputy wrote.
As reported, local authorities in Makhnivka banned the UOC.
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