Unidentified committed arson Holy protection Church in the village town Nosivka, Chernihiv region of Ukraine, informs the regional diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) of the Moscow Patriarch.

" The fire was spotted by local residents, who began fighting on their own, and Come to call the fire and rescue services quickly eliminated the fire. The fire inside the building has not penetrated, was only damaged the outer wall of the temple and part of the roof. In place of arson was found a piece of cloth and poured on the earth liquid ", - reported in the report of the diocese.

According to the rector of the Church Bogdan Kibuuka, no conflicts with residents Nosovka was not. Dean Shchors district Archpriest Paul Pheasant, who arrived in the area of the fire, expressed sympathy for the parishioners of the Church and to the father superior.

In spite of attempted arson in the temple continue to be committed to worship, according to the diocese. In fact arson prosecuted under the criminal code, the investigation is underway.

last week the head of the Synodal information Department of the Moscow Patriarchate, Vladimir Legoyda said that the Russian Orthodox Church advocates to protect the Ukrainian Orthodox Church from attacks from political and religious radicals. He said that from authorized UOC-Moscow Patriarchate comes " a large number of messages about violence ". According to Legoida, some people were spreading in the Rivne region, a leaflet calling for violence against the Ukrainian clergy canonical Church.

in September, the activists of the nationalist organizations disrupted service in the 1st of the churches of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in Kyiv region and demanded that the servant of the priest under the threat of violence during the week to go to the Russian Federation.

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