The authorities of Vladimir faced legal difficulties in the process of expropriating the property of the local diocese of the UOC

The city authorities of Volodymyr-Volynskyy have encountered a legal obstacle when trying to deregister a citizen who is registered in a building on the territory of the Holy Dormition Cathedral of the Volodymyr-Volynskyy diocese of the UOC. According to city mayor Ihor Palenka, the procedure cannot be carried out due to the lack of title documents for the building and the impossibility to determine its owner.

According to bug.org.ua, at a briefing on November 25, Mayor Ihor Palyonka explained the situation in detail. «The problem is that today it is impossible to identify the owner of this building. There are no documents on it, and this complicates any actions to deregister it,» he emphasized. It is specified that we are talking about a wooden house located on the territory of the cathedral.

The head of the city compared this case with the previous ones, when it was possible to discharge two other persons. Then the situation was simpler, as they were registered in the objects of state property under the jurisdiction of the regional military administration. The OSA provided the necessary documents, which allowed the Center for Administrative Services to act within the law.

The city administration is currently in correspondence with the regional military administration to work out a legal algorithm of action. «Someone who commits this action illegally will actually violate the law, so we can’t set people up,» the mayor explained. He noted that in order to solve the problem, it is necessary first of all to produce title documentation for the building, after which it will be possible to carry out the procedure for de-registration of the citizen.

Recall, in the morning of October 10, 2025, the executive service initiated the process of forced eviction of the Vladimir-Volynsk diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church from the complex of occupied premises, which includes the Holy Dormition Cathedral, the diocesan office and the theological school. The police cordoned off the territory and did not let believers inside the temple, while the Cathedral itself was undergoing a «property inventory». Later, the church and other premises were sealed and access to them was restricted.