The four-day procession in Odessa, dedicated to the 72nd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, is canceled due to possible provocations.
This is reported by the head of the missionary department of the Odessa diocese of the UOC, Protopriest Oleg Mokryak on his Facebook page.
- We were warned about possible provocations and asked the religious procession not to conduct.
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Note that the procession was to be held from 9 to 12 May on the Belt of Glory of Odessa. All the memorials were to commemorate the dead soldiers.