UOC priest killed in war laid to rest in Kovel
Funeral service for Archpriest Andriy Korinchuk in Kovel. Photo: Volodymyr-Volynskyi Eparchy
A funeral service for Archpriest Andriy Korinchuk, a priest of the UOC's Volodymyr-Volynskyi Eparchy who was killed in the war, was held at the Resurrection Cathedral in Kovel. The eparchy reported this on its Facebook page.
A gathering of clergy celebrated the funeral service, offering prayers for the repose of the priest's soul and bidding him a final farewell. Fr. Andriy had served as rector of parishes in the villages of Dariv and Solotvyn in the Holoby Deanery.
The day before, on October 25, the priest's coffin was brought to the cathedral, where clergy read the Holy Gospel over his body. Metropolitan Volodymyr and the eparchy's clergy expressed their heartfelt condolences to the late archpriest's family, loved ones, and spiritual children.
Earlier, the UOJ reported that a military chaplain of the UOC's Sumy Eparchy had been killed on the front lines.
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