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"Couldn't sleep!" OCU cleric explains why he cut locks on UOC church

21 February 19:09
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Author: Elena Konstantinova
Yuriy Bolshakov. Photo: a screenshot of t.me/dozor_kozak1 Yuriy Bolshakov. Photo: a screenshot of t.me/dozor_kozak1

According to the OCU cleric Yuriy Bolshakov, he had to cut the lock on the UOC temple to pray.

The cleric of the OCU Yuriy Bolshakov explained that he came at 5 a.m. to cut the locks on St Pantheleimon’s Church of the UOC in Vyshhorod because he "couldn’t sleep".

When asked what he was doing near St Pantheleimon’s Church of the UOC in Vyshhorod at 5 a.m., Yuriy Bolshakov said, "I couldn't sleep."

Bolshakov explained that he "wanted to pray", but the church was closed. Then he "cut the lock and prayed".

As reported, OCU reps cut off the locks on the UOC temple in Vyshhorod.

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