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UOC cleric hospitalized after attack in Ivano-Frankivsk

March 28, 2023

UOC cleric fell unconscious after inhaling gas in attack by schismatics in Ivano-Frankivsk;

The secretary of the Ivano-Frankivsk diocese, Archpriest Vasily Romanyuk, fell unconscious after an attack on the church by schismatics, during which tear gas was used.

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s Telegram channel claims that it was not possible to bring him to his senses and the unconscious cleric was sent to hospital.

Earlier it was reported that supporters of the Ukrainian Orthodox Schismatic Church seized the last church of the canonical UOC in Ivano-Frankivsk. At the same time, the attackers sprayed tear gas. The police refused to interfere in the actions of OCU supporters.

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