Orthodox church seized in western Ukraine
September 15, 2016. Representatives of Kiev Patriarchate and the Right Sector (organization banned in Russia) captured St. Anna Church in the Kuty village in the Ternopol Region, Ukraine, as reports interfax-religion.
“Church raiders cut the lock and rushed into the church, not letting there the UOC believers, who are legal owners of the church,” press service of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church reports.
The church was closed about half a year ago when representatives of Kiev Patriarchat started regularly interrupting divine services of the local Orthodox community.
Today believers come to celebrate Divine Liturgies in a pavilion set up on a private territory.
From the beginning of the military actions in Ukraine representatives of the Kiev Patriarchate often supported by nationalists and local authorities seized several dozens of UOC churches.
Foto and video documents from the information departament of the UOC
