Act of Vandalism against an Orthodox Church in Ukraine
November 19, 2015. The Church of the Holy Trinity under the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP) was robbed and desecrated as the official website of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP) reports. The Church is located in the city Rokitnoe in Rivne region in Western Ukraine.
According to the press service of the local diocese, the criminals took the money kept in the church hand, and put fire on five areas of the building. They burned the sacristy with vestments, the altar Gospel and the floor.
Metropolitan of Sarny and Polissya Anatoly commented that: “Last year, ten churches of the Sarny diocese were vandalized. It’s a shame that the vandals continue to destroy the shrines of the Polesie region, bringing pain in the hearts of the believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. By its actions, the criminals inflict a wound that bleeds on the body of the Church”.
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