UOC starts building new church in Synevyrska Poliana

A new church of St Ephraim of Torzhok was founded in Transcarpathia.

On October 31, 2026, in the Khust Eparchy, the rite of laying the foundation of a new church in honor of St Ephraim of Torzhok was performed in the village of Synevyrska Poliana, reports the eparchy on Telegram.

The service was led by Bishop Mark of Rakhiv, Vicar of the Khust Eparchy, with the blessing of Metropolitan Mark of Khust and Vynohradiv, the ruling hierarch of the eparchy.

The church will be built on the grounds of an eparchial metochion dedicated to the same saint. During the service, prayers were offered and the foundation of the future church was laid.

The eparchy noted that the new church will become a place of common prayer and spiritual unity for believers.

As the UOJ reported, the site for the construction of a bell tower was consecrated in the Khust Eparchy. St Ephraim of Torzhok is an 11th-century saint, a disciple of Saints Boris and Gleb and the founder of a monastery in Torzhok.