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Invaders release the OCU priest abducted in Kherson

31.03.2022, 11:14

The invaders released the priest of the OCU Fr. Serhiy Chudynovych.

Bishop Nykodym (Kulygin) of the Kherson and Tavria OCU wrote about it on Facebook.

"Thank God, Father Serhiy has been released and now is returning home," the bishop wrote.

On Wednesday morning, in Kherson, which is temporarily occupied by the Russian military, a priest of the OCU Sergiy Chudynovych, known in the city as a public figure and volunteer, was kidnapped.

According to eyewitnesses, he was taken directly from the church. Three unknown men searched the church, checked the documents and messengers of those present. At the same time, they refused to show their documents.

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