On March 28, aggressive radicals seized the cathedral of the Ivano-Frankivsk diocese of the UOC. Young people in balaclavas smoked priests and believers from the Church of the Nativity of Christ with gas, – commented Metropolitan of Nizhyn and Pryluky Kliment.

“Such actions are absolutely illegal, they are a manifestation of aggression, discrimination against Ukrainian citizens based on their religious beliefs. Today we in Ivano-Frankivsk have observed a situation where the state authorities openly, boldly, broadcasting it live even on social networks, show that the legislation of Ukraine has been completely trampled on, that the fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens of Ukraine have no meaning in Ukraine, that freedom conscience and freedom of religious belief is absolutely despised for the sake and sacrifice of radical young people,” said the bishop