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On February 22, 2019, in Zhidichin village, Kivertsy district, Volyn region, Ukraine, a group of raiders in the presence of representatives of the \u201cKiev Patriarchate\u201d cut the lock off the door of the Church of St. Nicholas belonging to the canonical Church and seized it. As the Information and Education Department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church reports, citing the Press Service of the Volyn diocese, two women were injured during the conflict.
\nAccording to a local cleric, Rev. Roman Geleta, his wife was hit by a stone, and his mother, spouse of the church\u2019s rector, Archpriest Vladimir Geleta, received a head injury. The priest mentioned that the raiders had been well organized. Both local young people and newcomers, including those wearing balaclavas for some reason, were directly involved in seizing the building. A car blocked the entrance to the territory.
\nWhen the clashes began, \u201chegumen\u201d Nikodim of the UOC KP monastery in Lutsk arrived at St. Nicholas Church for unclear reasons. He said an akathistos, joined by supporters of the \u201ctransfer.\u201d Among the \u201cguests\u201d were also students of the UOC KP Volyn Academy. Before breaking into the church the raiders demanded keys from the rector, but met with refusal.
\nAfter cutting off the lock the supports of the \u201cKiev Patriarchate\u201d entered the church to \u201cconduct an inventory.\u201d Unidentified individuals made a fire in the territory of the church and started \u201cguarding.\u201d Several more vehicles brought by the UOC KP supporters blocked the entrances to St. Nicholas Church.
\nEarlier, the local community had confirmed its intention to remain within the canonical Church. On February 10, a lawful parish meeting was held. Its participants expressed their faithfulness to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and its Primate and recorded their decisions in the minutes.
\nArchpriest Vladimir Geleta has been the rector of St. Nicholas Church in Zhidichin village for some 30 years. As far back as the 1990s he already had to defend his community and church building. Back then representatives of the \u201cKiev Patriarchate,\u201d in order to influence him, kidnapped for several hours his son, three-year-old Roman, who is now a cleric of this church.<\/p>\n
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