Russia closes churches in occupied Ukraine
October 13, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: Russian forces have closed down churches in the occupied regions of Ukraine, leaving untouched the Orthodox churches affiliated with the Moscow patriarchate.
The Russian occupiers have closed a Catholic church in Skadovsk, a Baptist church in Zapoizhzia, and a parish of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (the group that rivals the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church) in Basan. A Russian spokesman explained that churches “face no restrictions, but those that break the law are banned.”
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