Authorized Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, together with activists of the Right sector for the first time since the 90-ies tried by force to seize the Orthodox Church in Ternopil region, said the press service of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC).
"in Ukraine for the first time since the 90-ies of the Uniates tried by force to seize the Orthodox Church of the Nativity of the Holy virgin in the village Wall Buchach Raion, Ternopil oblast" - quoted letter to the news Agency.
As told by the priest Vasily Moisuc, on Sunday, March 22, the priests of the Greek Catholic Church vestments, with the assistance of the group allegedly from 50 young armed men in balaclavas and protective form, presented by the representatives of the Right sector* ", tried to break into the temple. Uniates was supported by the people's Deputy of the local Council, which belongs to the all-Ukrainian Union " Freedom "." Believers of the Orthodox community of the village did not want to let them in, explaining that each person can enter the temple, when it is performed divine service, but to enter the house of God should be without arms and with open face, " says the website of the UOC." While these fees radicals shouted insults at the Orthodox believers of the village ", - stated in the message. Remember, attacks on Orthodox churches and priests in Ukraine for the last period of time there are more and more often. March 23, supporters of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyiv Patriarchate attacked the clergy of the UOC-Moscow Patriarchate in the village uhryniv Gorokhovsky district, Volyn region. March 6, Authorized self-proclaimed Kyiv Patriarchate made a forceful takeover of the Church of St. Paraskeva in the village Cognize in the Rivne region of Ukraine, said the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Eleven of February. Then the bullies got on the platform of the centenary of St. John's Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in the village of Demidovka Rivne region of Ukraine and ransacked. January 28 was stated about the robbery of a monastery in the village Hawtin Rivne oblast in Western Ukraine. January 27 - About the burning of the wooden Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. In February, Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs Gennady Gatilov said that in the process unleashed by the Kiev military action in the East of Ukraine are destroyed Orthodox churches and monasteries, the Believers have been harassed and bullied by Ukrainian nationalists.
* Organization about which the court has adopted an enforceable conclusion About the destruction of, or prohibiting activities on the grounds stipulated by the Federal law "On countering extremist activity"


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