A priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church who is raising a child with a disability has been mobilized in Kryvyi Rih

In Kryvyi Rih, Archpriest Oleg Efremov, rector of the Church of St. John the Baptist in Nikopol, was mobilized. The clergyman was detained and promptly sent to a training center for military training, despite being eligible for a deferment from mobilization due to caring for a child with a disability. This was reported by SPZ.

As parishioners note, Archpriest Oleg Efremov cares for a child with a disability, which is causing serious concern among the community’s believers. The priest is known for his ministry in the Zhukovsky neighborhood of Nikopol, where he led a parish housed in a former post office building.

As a reminder, we previously reported that in Chernihiv, employees of the Territorial Recruitment Center (TRC) forcibly mobilized a clergyman of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.