St. Basil the Great Chapel consecrated in vlg. Shepit, Bukovyna
The consecration was performed by the cleric of the local parish community, Priest Stefan Struzh.
On December 4, 2025, Father Stefan Struzh, a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, performed the rite of consecration of a house chapel in the village of Shepit of the Putyla Deanery, Bukovyna. This was reported by the faithful of the Chernivtsi-Bukovyna Eparchy on Facebook.
The chapel was built on the grounds of a private estate. The initiators of the construction were a couple who dedicated the church to the heavenly patron of the head of the family — Saint Basil the Great. Father Stefan Struzh is a cleric of the local parish community of the Holy Prophet Elijah.
As reported by the UOJ, in Stavchany, a UOC hierarch consecrated a house church for the community instead of the seized one.
