TRC releases priest of Tulchyn Eparchy of UOC
Archpriest Oleksandr Hrodzenko. Photo: open sources
On June 15, 2026, TRC officers released a cleric of the Tulchyn Eparchy of the UOC, Archpriest Oleksandr Hrodzenko, who had earlier been detained by military commissariat representatives that very day. The clergyman is already at home, the UOJ reports, citing its sources.
The detention of Archpriest Oleksandr became known earlier from messages posted by believers on social media. Parishioners reported that the priest had been taken by TRC representatives and called on Orthodox Christians to pray for him.
"We ask for your holy prayers," the faithful wrote, expressing concern for the fate of the clergyman.
No official information regarding the reasons for the cleric's detention, nor the legal grounds for his delivery to the TRC, has been revealed so far.
As the UOJ reported, in the TRC abducted a cleric of the Intercession Monastery of the UOC in the Rivne region.
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