OCU activists threaten to kill the rector in Pereyaslav and his matushka
OCU activists threatened to kill the rector of the UOC church in Pereyaslav, Kyiv region, Priest Oleh Rodionov and his matushka, Pershy Kozatsky reported on Facebook.
On November 5, 2022, OCU supporters with unknown people in military uniform during the seizure of the Saints Boris and Gleb Church in the Borysivka microdistrict of Pereyaslav city with the words “We will slaughter you, and your bodies will be found only on Sunday” beat the rector of the temple and his wife.
“Right at the place where Saint Prince Boris was killed hundreds of years ago, the blood of Orthodox Christians is shed again,” commented the journalists of the Pershy Kozatsky.
As the UOJ previously reported, OCU raiders in Pereyaslav are trying to seize the temple, they beat the cleric and his matushka.
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