Another attempted seizure of a church and attack on priest in Kiev region

Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi (the Kiev region, the Ukraine), October 8, 2014

There was an attempted seizure of a church in Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi, some 85 kilometres (c. 53 miles) south from Kiev. The attempt was unsuccessful, but the church’s future will be decided by the voting, scheduled for October 11. There were young people with “The Right Sector” symbols among the attackers.

    

According to the Boryspil Diocese’s website, on October 5 a group of unidentified people in camouflage and with baseball bats, headed by the city council deputies Sivorko N.N., Levchenko V.G., and Salobai A.Z., attacked the Church of Holy Righteous Princes and Passion-Bearers Boris and Gleb, cut off the door locks and blocked the entrance to the church.

    

    

Driving back from the church its rector, Archpriest Anatoly Mikhnevich, the attackers tore the scufia (priest’s hat) off the priest.

The rector at once reported the incident to the police, who then posted security guards at the church doors. The rural dean, the deanery clergy and the faithful also immediately arrived to the location.

    

In the meanwhile, the aggressors, who had nothing to do with the church community, demanded removal of the rector as well as transfer of the church to the so-called “Kyiv Patriarchate”.

The assault was occurring in this “patriarchate” representatives’ presence who were just silently observing what was going on.

Later the city mayor T.V. Kostin arrived to the church in order to settle the conflict situation, reports the diocese’s website. He declared that on October 11 there would be a voting among the Borisovka micro-district residents on a possible transfer of the church to the “Kyiv Patriarchate”.

Our reference

Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi is a city of regional significance in the Kiev region of the Ukraine, with a population of around 31,000 residents. It is the administrative center of the Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi district (but not included in it). This is one of the most ancient cities of Rus’ (the original name is Pereyaslavl, or Pereyaslavl Russkiy), the former capital of the medieval principality of Pereyaslavl. The city was given its current name in October 1943.

9 октября 2014 г.

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