In the village of Ozeriany, Volyn region, supporters of the new Church structure was captured and desecrated the Church of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, reports the UOC.
It clarifies the UOC referring to the press service of the local diocese, in the evening, fifteen February, the feast of the presentation, the attackers in the presence of the police, who did not react, cut off grinder with the door of the temple locks, went inside and organized a " revision, even in the altar." While the prayers of the priest to stand " cries ".
The press service stressed that these events were preceded by territorial fees on the "transition" of the canonical UOC in the " new Church ". The initiators of the capture of the temple on 10 February organized the collection, although yesterday was a meeting of a religious community, which unanimously decided that the community remains under the jurisdiction of Metropolitan Onufry the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
in the early winter of 2018, in Kiev on the initiative of Peter Poroshenko and Patriarch Bartholomew held a " unification Council ", which resulted in the election of the head of the new "Autocephalous Churches" Epiphany Dumenko. 5 January Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew signed the Tomos of autocephaly of the "new Church" of Ukraine. On the subsequent day it was transferred to Kiev.
The document limits the newly formed structure and makes it dependent on Constantinople. In the ROC this "autocephaly" was called dummy, and the day of the signing of the Tomos - tragic in the history of the Ecumenical Orthodoxy.
The Ukrainian government and the head of Poroshenko promised not to interfere in the Affairs of the Church, but doing it non-stop. So, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church many times reported about the oppression of the clergy and the seizure of churches by the representatives of the non-canonical religious structures. For example, from 2014 to 2016, the UOC lost 40 temples.
16 February, supporters of the "new Church" in the village of Sands Volyn region have captured St. George temple of the UOC, also cut off the locks. In addition, last Wednesday, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church reported on the capture of St. George's Church in the village of Kul'chyn.
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