The TRC detained a priest of the UOC on his way to the Pochaiv Lavra

On August 4, 2025, near the city of Kremenets in the Ternopil region, employees of the territorial recruitment center detained and forcibly mobilized Archpriest Serhiy Shymaylo, a cleric of the Volodymyr-Volyn Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The priest was on his way to the feast of the Pochaiv Icon of the Mother of God at the Holy Dormition Pochaiv Lavra.

Protopriest Serhiy Shymaylo is the rector of the church in honor of St. Anna the Righteous in the village of Shchedrogor, Volyn Oblast. At the time of his detention by employees of the Ternopil Regional Territorial Center for Recruitment, the clergyman was traveling in his own vehicle. As a result, the passengers who were traveling in the car with the priest to the Pochaiv Lavra were left without a driver. The current whereabouts of Father Serhiy are unknown.

We remind you that on August 4, 2025, in the Rivne region, employees of the territorial recruitment center forcibly mobilized two priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. One of the clergymen was detained on his way to the home of a dying woman who wished to confess and receive communion before her death.