The temple in Slavyansk was fired during the Sunday Liturgy

During the Sunday Liturgy Ukrainian troops fired at the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral Slavyansk, notified on the official Internet representation of Gorlovka and Slavic diocese.

" The bombardment began at 10 o'clock in the morning (Sunday - as amended), During the Liturgy. Citizens just sang the Lord's prayer, when he was made the 1st volley from the mountain Karachun ", - are resulted in the message of a word of the rector of the Cathedral, Archpriest Nikolai Fomenko.

on the square of the temple, there were about a thousand people. It is noted that the fire lasted for about half an hour. It is specified, that on the area of the temple nobody has suffered. In addition, at the time, was fired micro-district, Artem and Central market of the city, is notified on the Internet representation of the diocese, where there are dead." One woman who was buried in practice tore the head, " said Archpriest Fomenko.

Elected in may, the head Petro Poroshenko has shown the plan of peaceful settlement of the fall and in the middle of June announced stop fire in the East of the country. The truce was accepted by the local militia and is valid until June 30, although the parties periodically accused each loved one in its violation.

This is not the 1st case of fire temples in the area. So, on the Internet representation of Gorlovka and Slavic diocese says that on the night of 16 June under Fire hit the Church of St. Serafim Sarovsky located in Cherevkovo. On the same day in the evening the Ukrainian army were fired Alexander Nevsky Cathedral Slavyansk and the surrounding area. on 19 June, under Fire hit the resurrection Church, died Keeper. on June 21, after informing the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko truce was again fired Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.


numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. It has been the response of local citizens at the forcible change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law, giving the Russian language regional status. The center of confrontation between Pro-Russian-minded people with the government in Kiev has become the Donbass. About that, how is the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.


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