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(OSV News) — Russian forces have reportedly seized a Roman Catholic church in Ukraine, according to published accounts.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a nonpartisan, nonprofit public policy research organization based in Washington, released an April 22 assessment stating that Viktoria Halitsina, head of the Ukrainian military administration of the port city of Berdyansk, wrote on her agency’s Telegram channel April 22 that Russian troops had seized the city’s Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
In her post, Halitsina said that the church “was not only a religious community,” but a place where “the needy could receive support, and residents and guests of the city had the opportunity to hear organ music.”
Since “the very beginning of the (Russian) occupation, the church provided shelter and help to all who needed it,” she said.
OSV News reached out for comment from administrators at the parish, located within the Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia, and is awaiting a response.
Felix Corley, editor of Forum 18 News Service — which monitors violations of religious and other freedoms in several former Soviet nations — told OSV News the seizure of the church has not been confirmed, but such a move “wouldn’t be out of line with what the Russians are doing” in Ukraine.
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The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a nonpartisan, nonprofit public policy research organization based in Washington, released an April 22 assessment stating that Viktoria Halitsina, head of the Ukrainian military administration of the port city of Berdyansk, wrote on her agency’s Telegram channel April 22 that Russian troops had seized the city’s Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
In her post, Halitsina said that the church “was not only a religious community,” but a place where “the needy could receive support, and residents and guests of the city had the opportunity to hear organ music.”
Since “the very beginning of the (Russian) occupation, the church provided shelter and help to all who needed it,” she said.
OSV News reached out for comment from administrators at the parish, located within the Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia, and is awaiting a response.
Felix Corley, editor of Forum 18 News Service — which monitors violations of religious and other freedoms in several former Soviet nations — told OSV News the seizure of the church has not been confirmed, but such a move “wouldn’t be out of line with what the Russians are doing” in Ukraine.
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Reports: Russian forces in Ukraine have seized a Roman Catholic church
Russian forces have reportedly seized a Roman Catholic church in Ukraine, according to published accounts.
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