Drone hits UOC church in Pamyatne
Church of the Holy Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessaloniki in the village of Pamiatne. Photo: Nizhyn Eparchy
On the night of August 12, 2026, a UOC church dedicated to the Holy Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessaloniki in the village of Pamiatne, Nizhyn district, was damaged after a drone fell and exploded during a Russian air attack on Chernihiv region, the Nizhyn Eparchy reports.
The blast wave shattered windows in the church and damaged its roof.
Part of the drone also remained in the churchyard.
Earlier, the UOJ reported that a drone struck the dome of a UOC church in Kramatorsk.
Read also
UOC priests consecrate cardiology center wards in Uzhhorod
Priests of the Mukachevo Eparchy served a moleben for the health of doctors and patients of the cardiology center in Uzhhorod.
Metropolitan Onuphry explains how to live so as not to grieve Mother of God
The Primate of the UOC said in a sermon on the Protection feast at the Intercession Monastery that one must live by God's commandments even when they are inconvenient for the modern world.
Drone damages UOC church in Cherevkivka, Donetsk region
The Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov in the Sloviansk Deanery was damaged by a drone .
UOC-KP opens "metochion" in Georgia
"Patriarch" Nikodim of the UOC-KP reported the creation of a "metochion" in Georgia to strengthen spiritual ties outside Ukraine.
Orthodox Church celebrates Intercession of Most Holy Theotokos
UOC believers celebrate the Intercession (Protection) of the Most Holy Theotokos on October 14.
Migration Policy Office: Ukraine's population drops by 800,000 in one year
Migration Policy Office head Vasyl Voskoboinyk said deaths in Ukraine outnumber births by 3.5 to one.