In the village of Khreshchatyk, Chernivtsi diocese, at a meeting of residents, the UOC community was transferred to the OCU, without the participation of parishioners and the rector, Suspilne reports.
The report says that the meeting was attended by 152 people, of whom 151 voted in favor of the transition. The meeting was attended by a cleric of the OCU, but neither the rector nor the parishioners of the UOC temple were there.
The organizer of the meeting, Sergei Lutsik, said that the decision to move was “long overdue” and was not related to the recent searches in the monastery in Khreshchatyk, which were carried out by the SSU.