In Ukraine, the staff of the Shopping mall detained another priest of the UOC

Employees of the shopping mall (an analogue of the military enlistment office. In the Ternopil region in western Ukraine, Protopriest John Koval of the Canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) was detained on his way to worship and taken to a training ground. This was reported on June 23 by the Ukrainian newspaper Strana.ua" with reference to the deacon of the Pochaev Holy Spirit Skete Vadim Dombrovsky.

"In the Ternopil region, the Shopping mall and the police detained Archpriest John Koval on his way to Sunday worship," the newspaper wrote on the Telegram channel.

According to the newspaper, the archpriest has already been taken to the training ground in the city of Rivne.

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June 18 "Country.ua" reported on the mobilization of a UOC priest in the city of Chervonograd, Lviv region. The name of the rector and the name of the temple in which he serves are not specified.