At night in Odessa, the Orthodox Church of the Don Icon of Our Lady was destroyed and robbed
That night, the Church of the Don Icon of the Mother of God was robbed and destroyed with particular cynicism. Having broken the glass of the window and door, the attackers entered the premises, quickly turning off the sound alarm and video surveillance cameras. And then they not only emptied the usual donation boxes of believers, but also did not disdain the money that was specially collected to create the first Orthodox hospice in the city. Clinics where the suffering of the terminally ill before leaving for another world is alleviated, and believers and priests help them find peace in their souls.
At the same time, scoundrels They destroyed everything they could get their hands on, clearly deliberately destroying church utensils and Christian shrines. And all this was done in a very short period of time - when the guard approached, who heard the sounds of the alarm, the criminals quickly disappeared.
A particularly disgusting impression is left by the fact that the desecrated temple is located in the Western Cemetery of Odessa, one of the largest cemeteries in the city. But this didn’t stop the inhumans!
It should be noted that the number of robberies and desecrations of temples The canonical UOC of our region has already exceeded 50 cases in the last year alone! And not a single one of them has been revealed, despite the infamy and social resonance atrocities and repeated requests from the press service of the Odessa and Izmail diocese to law enforcement agencies to pay special attention to the rampages of criminals, which have become systematic.
And it is symbolic that another desecration of an Orthodox church occurred on the eve of Constitution Day. The constitution that is violated in Ukraine every day and every hour.
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