UOC: almost 90 temples destroyed or damaged because of the war in Donbass
Almost 90 churches of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate completely destroyed or received destruction in the end of hostilities in the South-East of Ukraine, reported in the statement of the Holy Synod of the UOC To the President Petro Poroshenko " in connection with the crisis situation in the Ukrainian society ".
the meeting of the Synod, which was summed up in 2014, was held Tuesday in Kiev-Pechersk Lavra." As they say in their reports of the ruling bishops of Donetsk, Luhansk, Gorlovka, Ukraine and Rovenki dioceses, today, in the end, the fighting destroyed nine churches of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Another 77 churches received destruction ", - reported in the adopted by the Synod of the statement To the President of Ukraine.
the UOC also drew attention Poroshenko on the incident that occurred on December 18, when in the village of Sands yasinovatskiy district, Donetsk region, unidentified, dressed in military uniform and presented by the servicemen of military power in the Ukraine, was robbed the country residence of the Governor of the Donetsk diocese. The Holy Synod appealed To Poroshenko a petition " to ensure proper and impartial trial of the facts ".
All, according to information from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, on the square in Donetsk and Lugansk regions are more than 1,100 churches and 17 monasteries, where they serve about 1,100 priests and more than 350 monks.
in addition, the address of the Synod of reported attempts to capture the parishes of the UOC-MP from the dissenting commissioners of the Kyivan Patriarchate on the square in Kyiv, Lviv, Ternopil, Volyn and Rivne regions.
" now captured the 14 parishes of our Church, Even in the six parishes remains extremely tense situation. Unfortunately, violations of the current law of Ukraine on communities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, As a rule, take place with the tacit consent of local authorities, and sometimes even on their own initiative, " reads the statement.
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