TRC abducts rector of UOC Kazan Icon church in Korosten

Archpriest Oleksiy Stuzhuk. Photo: Kuznetsov’s Facebook page

In Korosten, Zhytomyr Region, TRC officers forcibly mobilized Archpriest Oleksiy Stuzhuk, rector of the church dedicated to the Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. Archpriest Georgiy Kuznetsov reported this on his Facebook page.

On this topic Lubny TRC ignores parishioners’ appeal over abducted priest

Kuznetsov called on the faithful to pray for the priest. At the time of publication, details of the incident and the priest’s whereabouts remained unknown.

As the UOJ reported, TRC officers previously detained a priest of the Ovruch Eparchy.

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