Metropolitan Longin reported the forced mobilization of his adopted son

Metropolitan Longin of Banchensk asked for help in protecting his adopted son, Zoryan Zhar, who, according to him, was forcibly mobilized. The Vladyka emphasized that Zoryan is an orphan, and if he is conscripted, his own children will effectively be left without care.

«I have already buried my two sons without any financial assistance from the state. I have four disabled war veterans, also left without support. I myself am under medical treatment. I will come and defend the rights of my children,» — quotes the words of the Metropolitan Telegram channel «Banchen cloister».

We will remind, earlier we reported that in Cherkassy on November 4, 2025 employees of the Territorial center of acquisition (TCC) and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained Igor Golubchik, a lawyer of the local diocese of the UOC. The incident, which the source describes as a kidnapping, took place outside the courthouse immediately after a session on the case of the communal debt of St. Michael’s Cathedral.