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A church chorister and the wife of a Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) rector has been detained for guiding Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions near Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) reported on Telegram on Dec. 13.
Head of the State Service for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience Victor Yelensky has said the bill on ban on activities of religious organizations affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine requires a range of amendments before putting its up for second reading.
Ukraine’s parliament voted to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church — Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) in the first reading on Oct. 19.
After the Moscow-backed church at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra was given an eviction notice, the Ukrainian government is looking into similar action at the Pochaiv Monastery.
1. Preface. On January 17, Russia initiated a UN Security Council meeting on the persecution of Orthodoxy in Ukraine by the state authorities in Kyiv.