The funeral of another “ATO warrior” who died in Donbass took place in Polesie.
“The warrior died from a bullet wound while defending the territorial integrity of our state,” reports the website of the Sarny diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).
With the blessing of Metropolitan Anatoly of Sarnen and Polesie, at the request of the parents of the deceased, the “funeral rite” was headed by Archpriest. Pavel Koval is the rector of the Elias Church. Zaluzhye.
“As Metropolitan Anatoly noted, this is not the first Polishchuk who laid down his life for the integrity of the borders of our state and the peaceful life of our compatriots,” the website says.
Let us note that Bishop Anatoly in 2014 signed with representatives of the so-called “Kyiv Patriarchate”, “UAOC” and even with the Uniates “Memorandum on the creation of the United Ukrainian Local Orthodox Church”, which condemned “Russia’s actions as an aggressor”.