Priests of the UOC-MP, who were suspended from holding services in the Church of Job of Pochaevsky in Drohobych, Lviv region, removed all valuable property from the church after the church, at the request of the parishioners, was transferred to the OCU. Among the missing are not only all the icons, church attributes, but even crosses and bells - all this was purchased at the expense of the community. This was reported on May 27 by the press service of the Drohobych City Council..

The theft was discovered by the parishioners who came to the first service in this church in Ukrainian.

“The leadership of the community fully supported the decision of the community to move from the Moscow Patriarchate to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Today was the first worship service.. However, when we went inside, we were shocked because the church is empty.. It can be seen that the " But we are glad that there is one more Ukrainian church,” Andriy Kovch, deputy mayor of Drohobych, quoted the press service as saying..

On that day, after the prayer, an inventory of all the property in the church was carried out.. In a comment to ZAXID.

NET Mayor of Drohobych Taras Kuchma said that the community does not know the exact amount of all the missing property, and this will be established by the police.

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Recall that on May 27, the synod of the UOC-MP adopted a decision on independence from Moscow and condemnation of Patriarch Kirill. The ROC has so far refused to give an assessment of this, they say, because they learned this information from the press, and not from the official statement of the UOC-MP.