TRC releases priest of Tulchyn Eparchy of UOC
Archpriest Oleksandr Hrodzenko. Photo: open sources
On June 15, 2026, TRC officers released a cleric of the Tulchyn Diocese of the UOC, Archpriest Oleksandr Hrodzenko, whom representatives of the military enlistment office had taken away earlier that same day. The clergyman is already back home, UOJ reports, citing its sources.
Information about the detention of Archpriest Oleksandr had previously become known from messages posted by believers on social media. Parishioners reported that the priest had been taken by TRC representatives and called on Orthodox Christians to pray for him.
"We ask for your holy prayers," the faithful wrote, expressing concern for the fate of the clergyman.
No official information regarding the reasons for the cleric's detention, nor the legal grounds for his delivery to the TRC, has been revealed so far.
As the UOJ reported, in the TRC abducted a cleric of the Intercession Monastery of the UOC in the Rivne region.
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