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The UOC congregation, from which the church was taken away, for the first time celebrated its Throne Feast in a tent

The UOC parishioners of the Petro-Pavlovsky parish in the village of Horiv celebrated their Throne Feast in a tent for the first time since their church was taken away by OCU raiders. This is reported on the website of the Rivne diocese of the UOC.

The festive service was led by the Secretary of the Rivne diocese Archpriest Victor Zemlyanoy, accompanied by clergy from neighboring parishes.

Priests and Christians from other villages came to support the religious community.

Tent, which held a festive service, parishioners were forced to locate in the vegetable garden of the rector of the temple Archpriest Yakov Derkach.

It is noted that the Petro-Pavlovsky Parthia of the UOC of the UOC of the village of Horiv one year prayed both in the cold and in the heat in front of the door of their church, which was sealed by representatives of the local authorities after several attempts of raiding by supporters of the OCU. Having appealed to the court, the UOC believers were recognized as the injured party. However, the OCU raiders did not wait for the next court hearings and forcibly took away the church.

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