More than 70 Orthodox churches received destruction during the conflict in the East of Ukraine, and among them 10 were completely destroyed, said the press-Secretary of the Donetsk eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) George Gulyaev.

" for all the military conflict in Ukraine damaged 72 Orthodox Church, 10 of them completely destroyed. For example, burnt wooden Church in Gorlovka, which is hit by a shell. Also destroyed temples in the Kirov village and Petrovsky district and other settlements ", - quotes the words Gulyaev.

He said that 62 of the Church were not completely damaged: destroyed the roof of the roof, where some broken Windows, shells embossed part of the walls." we as long as there are no plans for 2015 for the construction or restoration of received damage temples. In the diocese there is no budget for this year. In this issue we rely on the help of local residents, patrons, authorities noticed Gulyaev.

He Also emphasized the heroism of the members of the fire temples were Orthodox shrines." because the faithful and clergy of the vast number of shrines we could save, " said Gulyaev.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April in the East military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict were More than 4, 7 thousands of civilians, More than 10 thousand were injured. Brokered by Russia and the OSCE militias and the Military agreed in Minsk truce from 5 September. However, the parties many times accused each other of wrongdoing. On the morning of December 9, in the Donbass began a consistent militias and security forces through the mediation of the OSCE another truce.

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