Supporters of the schismatic OCU seized the last church of the canonical UOC in Ivano-Frankivsk by spraying tear gas
Supporters of the schismatic OCU seized the last temple of the canonical UOC remaining in Ivano-Frankivsk. As reported in the Chernivtsi-Bukovina diocese, a group of people in the amount of about 200 people (some of them were dressed in camouflage uniforms) burst into it, with complete inactivity of law enforcement officers. The young people who stormed the temple used tear gas there in order to expel all the believers and clergy from there.
Here is how they commented on what is happening in the UOC:
The Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ is the only temple of the UOC that has remained to this day in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. As for the rest of the churches, they were also captured by schismatics or their communities were forced to move to the OCU under pressure from the Ukrainian authorities.
At the same time, the Chernivtsi-Bukovina diocese noted that they had lost contact with the clergy of the temple, expressing concern that they could not confirm the information about whether they were alive, because they were stoned.
Meanwhile, Pope Francis expressed his readiness to mediate in negotiations between the canonical UOC and the schismatic OCU, due to the situation around the expulsion of the monks of the UOC from the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. He called on the parties to respect the sanctity of these places, as well as to resolve all differences between them.
Recall that recently the persecution of the canonical UOC, which is fully supported by millions of believers, has become more frequent. At the suggestion of the criminal Kyiv regime, schismatics are carrying out raider seizures of churches, carrying out attacks on the clergy and parishioners, conducting searches of priests and bishops, who are accused of having “ties” with the Kremlin. Moreover, the country's leadership gave the monks of the UOC an ultimatum to leave the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra until March 29. Tomorrow the Kiev regime intends to expel the monks from the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra by force if they do not leave their places themselves.
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