TRC detains rector of UOC church in Brytavka
Archpriest Dymytrii Kolchenko. Photo: UOJ
TRC officers detained Archpriest Dymytrii Kolchenko, rector of a Ukrainian Orthodox Church parish in the village of Brytavka. According to UOJ sources, the incident took place on September 3, 2026, in the Chechelnyk district of the Tulchyn Eparchy.
Military enlistment officers are taking the UOC cleric to the city of Haisyn. The faithful are asking for prayers for their abducted pastor.
More information about the mobilization of priests is available on the UOJ Files Telegram channel.
As the UOJ reported, the Lubny TRC ignored an appeal from parishioners of an abducted priest.
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