Rector of the St. Nicholas parish at the educational and recreational complex of the Kiev military lyceum (city. Boyarka), Father Valery refused to move from the UOC-MP to the Kyiv Patriarchate and left the parish, the official website of the Lyceum reports..

Father Valery left not in one cassock, but defiantly taking with him everything that he could take out: icons, the throne of the altar and even flowers from the lawn.

The lease agreement for the temple was terminated by the head of the lyceum, Igor Gordiychuk, after. Valery mentioned during the service the Patriarch of Moscow Kirill and the Bishop of the Kiev diocese of the UOC-MP Onufriy. He also read pro-Russian sermons and denied Russian aggression..

The rector was offered several times to join the Ukrainian Church, but he refused. Therefore, the head of the lyceum, Igor Gordiychuk, decided to initiate the founding of the parish of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate in an educational institution.

“Given that we have martial law and full-scale aggression, our best guys and girls, and even children, are dying, unfortunately, as the senior military commander here, I cannot allow Moscow’s henchmen to be on the territory of a military facility,” Gordiychuk said..

After the termination of the temple lease agreement with Fr.. Valery, icons disappeared from the church, the throne behind which the liturgy was served, and even flowers were dug up from the flower bed near the temple.

The temple was simply robbed, leaving bare walls.

Nevertheless, on April 16, the official accession of the St. Nicholas parish to the Pereyaslovo-Vishnevskaya diocese of the UOC-KP took place.. Already by Easter there will be a full-fledged temple and a service will be conducted, Igor Gordiychuk is sure.

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