OCCUPIED UKRAINE: Deported priests now in Ukraine
In February and March, Russia illegally deported two Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) priests – Fr Khristofor Khrimli and Fr Andri Chui â to Georgia. Both priests were arrested and fined by occupation forces in September 2023, and then illegally take…
In February and March, Russia illegally deported two Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) priests - Fr Khristofor Khrimli and Fr Andri Chui â to Georgia. Both priests were arrested and fined by occupation forces in September 2023, and then illegally taken to Russia. Elsewhere in occupied Ukraine, after an armed raid on the Sunday morning worship meeting of Krasnodon's Council of Churches Baptist congregation, Baptist Pastor and Soviet-era prisoner of conscience Vladimir Rytikov faces illegal Russian charges of "conducting missionary activity".
