Remind you, that on September 22, 2024, after Sunday Divine Liturgy in the Holy Dormition Church in the village of Iza, Transcarpathian region, employees of the Khust territorial recruitment center, in front of the faithful people, took away from the temple two priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – clerics of the Khust and Odessa dioceses of the UOC. The abducted were two brothers – Archpriests Vasyl and Stepan Guk. After the incident with the abduction of the priests began to gain publicity, parishioners of the Dormition Church in the village of Iza and other concerned believers of the UOC, as a sign of protest, blocked the roads and blocked the Uzhgorod TCC demanding the release of the detained clergymen.
In Transcarpathia, TRC collects information on UOC priests
One of the district territorial recruitment centers in Zakarpattia region collects information about the clergy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Apparently, this is to make it easier for the staff of the recruiting center to find and detain priests for the purpose of their forced mobilization. This is reported by the Dozor Telegram channel, publishing the relevant document.
“I ask you to provide a list of clergymen of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) who are within the responsibility of your territorial community in printed and electronic formats by 18:00 on September 23, 2024,” — the document says.
Journalists of the Dozor Telegram channel suggest that such actions by TRC employees are related to the fact that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is the most influential religious denomination in Transcarpathia.
“This is a very disturbing step in the campaign of discrimination and persecution of the largest Christian denomination in Ukraine. It seems that the great popular support of the UOC, which is demonstrated by Transcarpathia, interferes with the plan to destroy the Church in this region. Therefore, the authorities are preparing for personalized terror,” — the channel said in a statement.
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