On the territory of the Zhytomyr region imposed a ban on the activities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate). The regional council made a decision, Ukrinform reports..

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Local deputies also decided to appeal to the Verkhovna Rada with a call for the speedy adoption of the draft law No. 8371 "

In addition, the Zhytomyr Regional Council canceled the decision to transfer the land plot to the convent of the Athos Icon of the Mother of God of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in the village of Chopovichi. Deputy Chairman of the Regional Council Vladimir Shirma explained that the decision of 2017 was not fully implemented, and the Constitutional Court confirmed the right of the local authorities to cancel it. Now the territory will be in communal ownership.

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On the same day, the city council of Chernivtsi voted to deprive the UOC-MP of the right to use 22 plots in the Chernivtsi community, writes "

Similar decisions were made in the Brovarsky and Berezansky communities of the Kyiv region. Alexei Doroshenko, Deputy Head of the Brovarsky District State Administration, said on Facebook that the contracts for the permanent use of four land plots where five churches are located were terminated in the first for the Moscow Patriarchate church..

" Another 11 parishes were subordinate to the UOC. Over the year, everything has changed significantly: only 5 churches remain in the UOC, and the communities of the OCU already own the 10th,"

Recently, the Volyn Regional Council voted to ban the activities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in the region. In Ternopil, the UOC-MP was deprived of land.