{"id":1247863,"date":"2025-06-17T17:55:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/the-first-prayer-service-in-ukrainian-caused-clashes-between-believers-of-the-uoc-mp-and-the-ocu-in-chernivtsi\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T17:55:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:55:14","slug":"the-first-prayer-service-in-ukrainian-caused-clashes-between-believers-of-the-uoc-mp-and-the-ocu-in-chernivtsi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-first-prayer-service-in-ukrainian-caused-clashes-between-believers-of-the-uoc-mp-and-the-ocu-in-chernivtsi\/","title":{"rendered":"The first prayer service in Ukrainian caused clashes between believers of the UOC-MP and the OCU in Chernivtsi"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, June 17, the center of Chernivtsi was shaken by religious tension: a clash occurred near the Holy Spirit Cathedral between believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) and the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU). According to official information, at least five people sought medical attention with injuries.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is reported by Ukrinform<\/a> .<\/p>\n

The incident occurred on Holovna Street, where outraged supporters of the UOC-MP partially blocked the road. Police officers quickly arrived at the scene to ensure public order and conduct explanatory work, calling for resolving the conflict within the legal framework. <\/p>\n

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As a correspondent from the press service of the Chernivtsi-Bukovina Eparchy of the OCU learned, the tension arose due to the first attempt by the OCU priests to conduct divine services in the Ukrainian language in a church that was previously under the control of the UOC-MP.<\/p>\n

“Since the meeting on the transition of the cathedral to the OCU took place, the believers of the Moscow Patriarchate have held round-the-clock prayer vigils here. Today, our priests have planned the first divine service in the Ukrainian language. Some of them are already inside the temple – the prayer is about to begin,” the OCU reported.<\/p>\n

Two ambulances arrived on Cathedral Street, next to the church. Medics reported that the victims had sustained various injuries.<\/p>\n

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Photo: “Ukrinform”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Police continue to monitor the situation and urge citizens to exercise restraint and respect the law.<\/p>\n

Recall that on April 19 , a clash took place between law enforcement officers and protesters against the LGBTQ+ Sunny Bunny film festival near the capital’s Zhovten cinema<\/a> .<\/p>\n

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On Tuesday, June 17, the center of Chernivtsi was shaken by religious tension: a clash occurred near the Holy Spirit Cathedral between believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) and the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU). According to official information, at least five people sought medical attention with injuries. This is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1247858,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76873,76875],"class_list":["post-1247863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-events","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1247863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1247858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1247863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1247863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}