Regional Administration’s Social

Regional Administration’s Social and Political Communications and Information Policy Department, claimed to Forum 18 in October 2023 that Fr Kostiantyn had not wanted the UOC’s Berdyansk Diocese to move to be an integral part of the Russian Orthodox Church. The Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) took over the Diocese in May 2023. In late March 2024, the occupation forces’ Regional Prosecutor’s Office announced that 41-year-old Fr Kostiantyn would be put on trial under Russian Criminal Code Article 276 (“Espionage”). Russian occupation forces have a record of fabricating false charges against those they dislike. “This is terrible!” another local Ukrainian Orthodox Church affiliated with the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC) priest, Fr Vladimir Saviisky, who knew Fr Kostiantyn, told Forum 18. “But this was to be expected. The Russians threatened me with this also. Had they not deported me, I would have been sitting สล็อตเว็บตรง