Activists: Surrogate alcohol found in two monasteries of UOC (MP) near Odessa

In Odessa, local activists raided the Holy Assumption and St Iveron monastery of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), where they discovered that church shops sell wine without excise stamps and labels. This is reported on Facebook by representatives of the public organization Lustration Odesa, according to News.bigmir.net.

“Priests and monks of the Russian Orthodox Church sell their alcoholic beverages (Cahors wine, as they said) of unknown origin in their stores, including selling it to minors without any restrictions,” activists said.

The organization wrote appeals to the State Fiscal Service, the regional prosecutor's office and the human rights ombudsman to investigate the sale of counterfeit alcohol in the monasteries.