You Pray to Satan: Radicals try to disrupt worship in Lviv church of UOC
On May 1, 2022, at 9:30 a.m., near the Vladimir church in Lviv, a group of radicals tried to disrupt the Divine Liturgy, the Orthodox Journalist YouTube channel reports.
The radicals committed provocative actions and threatened believers with physical violence.
Parishioners of the UOC church in Lviv were forced to call the police.
As the UOJ reported earlier, the Ovruch authorities demanded that the priests go to the OCU or vacate the churches.
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