The Mukachevsky diocese rebutes the disinformation campaign about a fight of priests with veterans of the Donbass War
March 31, 2017 – The Mukachevsky diocese commented on the fictional “fight” between a priest of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) and veterans of the Donbass War.
Certain sources of mass information have spread disinformational articles about a supposed fight that took place between members of the Uzhgorod city council and priesthood from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate). Archpriest Alexander Monich of the Mukachevsky diocese has rebuted this information.
He noted that during the session, many members of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Church entered and occupied the hall of the city council. Several unidentified individuals in military uniforms, which some members of the media called “veterans of the Donbass War”, followed them. It was later discovered that they were parish members of the Carpathian diocese of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Church. They were not veterans of the Donbass war upon investigation.
The attackers had the intention of creating an inter-religious conflict with members of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The police was called in to prevent further escalation.
During the session, there were some verbal exchanges between the various parties, but it did not escalate to physical violence.
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http://news.church.ua/2017/03/31/oficialno-mukachevskaya-eparxiya-oprovergla-dezinformaciyu-o-drake-duxovenstva-s-voinami-ato/?lang=ru