Rector of Uzhhorod Theological Academy Asks Authorities to Protect it From Raiders

The rector of the Uzhhorod Academy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Archimandrite Viktor (Bed), addressed the Ukrainian authorities with a call to protect the educational institution from raiders, reported Religion in Ukraine.

The address of the academy was spread by the rector on April 16.

“Our Academy, the Uzhhorod Academy of St. Cyrill and Methodius of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which is subordinated directly to Blessed Metropolitan Volodymyr, is under a shameful attack of certain corrupt persons of the Uzhhorod City Council,” noted the rector.   

“Since the fall of 2011, contrary to the terms of the Lease Agreement (according to Patent for the right of rent and contract concluded for the period until 2047), we have been literally driven out of the premises at 5,7 Theatre Square in the city of Uzhhorod and undergone persecution, blackmail and obstruction of the normal working mode, etc. Recently, a series of blackmail and various provocations against us have been organized with the involvement of people who are actually bandits and, in some cases, the police,” reads the statement.