TRC detains sexton of capital's Kazan Church of UOC

The sexton of the Kazan Church Viktor. Photo: UOJ

In Kyiv, employees of the Territorial Recruitment Center (TRC), according to parishioners' information, detained a sexton of the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

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As noted, it's sexton Viktor, who was taken by TRC drafters.

Details of the incident have not yet been clarified.

Believers have appealed to Orthodox Christians to intensify prayers for the detained person.

As the UOJ reported, in Kamianets-Podilskyi, the TRC abducted the rector of the Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God.

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