Community of the UOC in the village Golyadin of the Volyn region, which began the construction of a new church instead of the captured by the OCU in the summer of 2021, thanks all those who are not indifferent and helped the parish financially. As the parish rector Fr. Oleksandr Svynovei says, during this time about 30 thousand hryvnias were received for the needs of the community, writes the UOJ.

“We gave 15 thousand just to connect the electricity here. The rest was spent on materials. We build on our own, whoever in the village has free time, they come to us and help. Last year, four families from the OCU returned to us,” Father Alexander said.

After the authorities gave the former St. George Church of the UOC to the newly formed OCU community, believers in Golyadin, like many other parishes affected by the raiding, had to move to a private house. One of the local residents, who moved from this village, gave her plot of land for the future church. In November 2019, the piece of land was consecrated, and the works started in July 2021.

The UOC community in this village, like many years before, operates without official registration. Until 2019, a legal entity – a religious organization – was not created in Golyadin, so the raiders of the temple simply registered their parish – without the so-called “transition”.

Golyadin is a small village on the outskirts of the former Shatsk district of Volyn (after the reform – the united Kovel district). There are only 68 courtyards here, half of the residents during the organization of the OCU remained in the canonical Church. Those who left for the new structure quite soon regretted this: the “true Ukrainian” life in St. George’s Church ended very quickly, and the supporters of the newly formed structure feel “guilty before Father Alexander, before their parents and neighbours.”

Those who wish to help the community of the village of Golyadin with the construction of a new church in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” can transfer funds to the PrivatBank card 5168755443317041.