January 31, 2017. On the night of January 30, two churches of the Belgorod-Dniester deanery in Odessa were robbed and the altars desecrated. A total of UAH 4,000 was stolen from St. Andrew’s parish in the village of Andreevka, and Kazan Icon parish in the village of Monashi, reports a UOJ correspondent. The stolen funds had been collected by parishioners […]
» Read moreJanuary 3, 2017. Nearly at 3 a.m., activists of the “Right Sector” showed off at the background of the only canonical Cathedral in the city and banners calling to “drive away Moscow priests”. The pictures were posted by radicals on their page in Facebook. This was the first night picket of nationalists, as reports UOJ. Radicals might have been scared […]
» Read moreJanuary 2, 2017. In Ptichya village of Dubno district, Rovno region (Ukraine), dissenters are trying to seize a temple of the UOC. According to the UOJ source, a police squad has been called to the place, as reports UOJ. Adherents of the Kiev Patriarchate got together in a church house on the pretext of having a choir rehearsal. According to […]
» Read moreDecember 31, 2016 –The police in Uman (Ukraine) received a notice that a plaster of Jesus Christ was found damaged on the shore of a pond. An investigation team was dispatched to the crime scene. It is headed by the Regional Police Head, Valery Lyutim. A criminal case was registered under Article 161 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code, entitled “Violations […]
» Read moreDecember 31,2016. In Uman the unknown damaged a plaster figure of Christ mounted on a wooden cross at the river bank, reports UOJ with reference to the press service of the National police of the Cherkassy region. An investigation team was set up to handle the case. The plaster figure of crucified Jesus was knocked down and the wooden cross […]
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