In Kryvyi Rih, TRC abducts priest of Oleksandriia Eparchy
Fr. Roman Nahorniak of the Alexandria Diocese. Photo: UOJ
In Kryvyi Rih, the TRC forcibly mobilized a cleric of the Oleksandriia Eparchy, Fr. Roman Nahorniak. According to UOC sources, the priest was detained on July 10.
The incident occurred when the rector of the Sts Constantine and Helen Church in the village of Chervonokostiantynivka was returning home by car from work. TRC representatives stopped the vehicle and took the clergyman away.
On the same day, the priest underwent a military medical commission, and he is currently at one of the military training grounds in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Fr. Roman's family has asked the faithful to pray for him.
As the UOJ reported, the Volodymyr-Volyn Eaprchy reported the number of mobilized and killed clergy.
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