TRC detains Metropolitan Serhiy of Tulchyn
Metropolitan Serhiy (Anitsoi) of Tulchyn and Bratslav. Photo: Wikipedia
Metropolitan Serhiy of Tulchyn and Bratslav and Archpriest Anatoliy Vyshnevyi, a cleric of the Tulchyn Eparchy, were detained in Kyiv, Archpriest Nikita Chekman reported on Telegram.
According to the metropolitan’s subdeacon, at around 9 a.m. on August 16, TRC officers took Metropolitan Serhiy and Archpriest Anatoliy from their vehicle in Kyiv’s Darnytsia district. At the time of publication, there was no contact with either of them.
The metropolitan and the priest are currently at the Darnytsia District TRC and Social Support Center in Kyiv, where they are undergoing a military medical examination. Lawyers are working to establish all the circumstances of the incident and have asked Orthodox believers to pray for Metropolitan Serhiy and Fr Anatoliy.
Earlier, the UOJ reported that TRC officers in Chernivtsi had attempted to abduct a UOC bishop.
Read also
UOC hierarch leads patronal feast at 170-year-old church in Sarniv
Metropolitan Viсtor presented the rector of the 170-year-old church in Sarniv with a liturgical award and consecrated a new outdoor cross.
UOC Primate: God transformed an instrument of death into a source of life
His Beatitude reminded the faithful that all the sorrows, hardships, and illnesses God permits us to endure constitute a spiritual cross that each person is called to bear with dignity.
Police search for vandal who defaced Islamic Center in Lviv
An unidentified individual spray-painted a swastika on the facade of an Islamic religious center in Lviv overnight.
Volyn court denies 200 UOC believers participation in Myltsi Monastery case
The court allowed the Ministry of Culture and the Kovel District Military Administration to join the Myltsi Monastery case while rejecting applications from 200 parishioners.
UOC Primate leads Divine Liturgy on Feast of Exaltation of Holy Cross
On the eve of the feast, the UOC Primate celebrated the All-Night Vigil with the Rite of the Exaltation of the Precious Cross.
Police fine organizers of religious procession to Boyany Monastery
Police issued two administrative citations to the organizers of a procession attended by thousands of pilgrims in the Chernivtsi Eparchy.