Vandalism in the church of the UGСC in the city of Kirovohrad

The religious community (parish) of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church of the city of Kirovohrad reports: on the night from January 13 to 14, 2009, the Church of the Mother of God of Perpetual Help, which is situated on Heroes of Stalingrad Street near building № 32 in the city of Kirovohrad, was broken into and vandalized. "The entrance doors to the church were broken and opened. On the holy altar things were disordered in an unusual way. Before the entrance doors on the stairs they placed the priest’s pectoral cross, which was kept in the church. Near the holy altar an empty beer bottle was left. With this fact they dishonored the Lord God, desecrated the church and the holy things, wounded our religious feelings, and inflicted on us financial and moral harm," informed Fr. Ivan Tretyak. Presently the fact of the crime is being investigated by the Kirovohrad internal affairs structure.

Reported by Fr. Ivan Tretyak
Proto-presbyter of Kirovohrad, UGCC