The door of the UOC church in Ladyzhyn was broken down by OCU raiders with a bulldozer, and the priest was beaten and thrown into the street

At 5:15 am, about 30 OCU raiders, dressed mainly in camouflage uniforms, cut the locks on the gates and entered the temple territory. They brought in two bulldozers, which destroyed the concrete barriers protecting the church doors. The stormtroopers used one of the bulldozers to break down the door to the sexton and burst into the temple.

Information about the incident was published by a Ukrainian publication. JVAND.

В Ладыжине жестоко избили настоятеля и ночью захватили Казанский храм. ч3 pic.twitter.com/PX5LtDwvIm

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В Ладыжине жестоко избили настоятеля и ночью захватили Казанский храм. ч4 pic.twitter.com/c4i5yicmTM

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The publication reports that the rector of the parish, Archpriest Evgeny Vorobyov, and two male parishioners, who were on duty in the church after the previous takeover attempt, were beaten by the attackers, their arms were twisted, and they were thrown out into the street without outer clothing. The priest’s face is broken, and all his clothes are soaked with blood from a wound on his temple. The women who were in the church refused to come out voluntarily, and the raiders dragged them out of the temple through the altar.

Дверь Казанского храма УПЦ в Ладыжине рейдеры ПЦУ выломали бульдозером ч2 pic.twitter.com/BghUfASMkh

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The invaders tore out the wires and cut off power to the church house. While on the temple grounds, they smoked and cursed. Parishioners who began to gather near the church recognized among them the PR manager of the MHP company, which had previously organized a raider meeting in Ladyzhyn to transfer the Kazan Church to the OCU. Also, “priests” of the OCU appeared at the scene of the events, but the parishioners did not allow them to approach the temple.

Дверь Казанского храма УПЦ в Ладыжине рейдеры ПЦУ выломали бульдозером ч1 pic.twitter.com/NnaexBTA29

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Some of the believers, together with the abbot, managed to enter the territory; the rest were not allowed through by the police. Father Evgeniy was knocked down by people in camouflage, then police took him away in an unknown direction. There is no contact with him now.

Parishioners cannot enter the temple – some of the militants locked themselves inside. At the same time, the invaders are trying to provoke clashes: they write on social networks that UOC believers are not letting them out of the temple and are calling their supporters for help.

After the “believers” of the OCU captured the temple, the “priest” Dumenko arrived there with the choir. He promptly held a “prayer service” and entered the church seized by bandits.

Witnesses to what was happening noticed how this man applied the sign of the cross to himself. The graphics show that his movements are three almost parallel straight lines, which are not even close to the cross of Christ. In fact, cleric Dumenko simply waves his hand up and down.

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St. John Chrysostom said best about the OCU cleric: “The demons truly rejoice at such waving.”

On December 28, these (and maybe other) people in uniform were already trying to take the Kazan Church by storm, jumping on the heads of parishioners. One of them told the believers that he did not believe “in these gods of yours, I have my own god.” Judging by the actions of these people, it is not difficult to guess what kind of god they have.

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