Parishioners of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UPC-MP) have taken over the most important Orthodox church in Cherkasy – the Mikhailovsky Cathedral, the higher a part of which was transferred to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, reported UNIAN on seventeenth of October.
In keeping with info, 18 thousand supporters of the Moscow church broke the doorway gate and entered the territory of the temple utilizing tear gasoline. Round 09:00 the parishioners of the UOC took over the cathedral.
Additionally, from the video circulating on social networks, it may be seen that contained in the temple, some folks began utilizing armatures from the pews towards the camouflaged ones and pushed them out of the cathedral.
Subsequently, it grew to become recognized that the police had arrived on the temple. Legislation enforcement officers reported that they’re making certain public order and documenting violations and figuring out all individuals within the incident.
The storming of the cathedral in Cherkasy
The Cherkasy priest Vladimir Ridney wrote on Fb that the Cathedral of St. Michael in Cherkasy, which for a very long time was underneath the management of the Moscow Patriarchate, is being transferred to the OCU.
He added that any more the temple will all the time be open to navy personnel as a result of it has already change into a garrison temple.
“Additionally, on the territory of the temple, a middle for national-patriotic schooling, a Sunday faculty and the coaching of monks can be created… All parishioners who had been and stay within the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) are invited to hope in Garrison church in Ukrainian,” Ridney famous.
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