Vasily Nebenzya, Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, said that from the beginning of 2022 until February 2023, about 300 congregations of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) were captured in Ukraine. It has been reported TASS.
“The confiscation of UOC temples and the forced, illegal legal liquidation of their communities are disguised as a so-called voluntary transition to the one created by the master. [Петром] Poroshenko Church (Ukrainian Orthodox Church. – socialbites.ca),” said the diplomat.
Nebenzya noted that crossings of UOC facilities were accompanied by mass clashes, beatings of parishioners and clergy, and armed men often took part in the seizure of UOC temples.
According to the Ukrainian DESS statistical agency, in 2021 there were 6,981 congregations of the UOC in the country.
Previously reportedHe said that the UOC diocese in the Zaporozhye region asked Patriarch Kirill to admit him to the PRC.
On May 4, believers and clergy of the UOC in the Khmelnytsky diocese said Representatives of the UN mission about the violation of their rights.