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Seizure the church of Saint Nicholas in the village Zhytomyr Kolodyanka Original
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December 27, 2015. Priests of the so-called “Kiev
Patriarchate” and a group of radicals of the “Right Sector” took by force the
church of Saint Nicholas in the village Zhytomyr Kolodyanka Ukraine, as
the official website of Moscow
Patriarchate reports.

Archpriest Stefan Markiewicz, dean of Novograd Volyn
district of Zhytomyr diocese of the Transfiguration, told about it to the Union
of Orthodox Journalists.

According to the priest, the representatives of the
"Right Sector"
were waiting in several cars
at the entrance of the village on Sunday morning on 27th December.
Father Stefan says, "As soon as they
saw our car they followed us to the church. Then, about 50 representatives of
the Kiev Patriarchate went to the temple and took it. A few dozen of radicals from
the Right Sector watched their actions”.

The believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church built
the Church of St.Nicholas in the village Kolodenka 20 years ago. The religious
community was registered in 1992. Supporters of the so-called "Kiev
Patriarchate" started agitating the village when the construction of the
new church was completed and the dissenters came from Novograd Volyn and neighbouring
areas, as father Stephen says. In their speeches, they used standard arguments
that sound almost every day on television. Because of those speeches they
managed to have several supporters who applied for registration of their
community.

The priest said that the action of the "Kiev
Patriarchate" urged the Head of the Sector for religions and nationalities
of Zhytomyr State Administration Alexander Pivovarsky to visit them on 25th
December. He said to the conflicting parties that the legal resolution of the
conflict can take a long time.

Now, the activists of "Kiev Patriarchate"
set the locks on the gates of the church fence and of the gate of the temple,
and put their own protection.

On 28th December in Novograd Volyn district,
the local council attempted to discuss the situation that has developed around
the new church. According to archpriest Stefan Markiewicz, the chairman of the
local council Mr Rudnicki, responded to the representatives of the canonical
Ukrainian Orthodox Church who suggested to solve the dispute according to the
law: "Why do we need this law, let's
vote and that’s all."

The representatives of the community of the Ukrainian
Orthodox Church were pushed to depose the issue through a referendum but they
did not accept it. Church dean of Novograd Volyn Preobrazhensky District says
that “in the village there are about 300
households, but only 25 believers attend the church regularly, all the others,
in their own words, come to the church once or twice a year." "Today
we were pushed to allow the dissenters to legitimize their illegal actions, said
the dean. - And all this in the presence of representatives of the Security
Service, the police, inside of a public institution. We refused strongly and we
will apply to the court. We sent a statement to the Ministry of Interior of the
violation of our rights under Article 161 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine."

On 18th December, the dissenters and the
radicals of the "Right Sector" had gathered at the temple with the
requirement to transfer the church building to the Kiev Patriarchate. In order
to avoid a large conflict, the representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
agreed to close the church and to address the problem in a legal process.
However, a week later, the "Kiev Patriarchate" violated the
agreement.
Source: - Nicholas Britell Redemption at The Roulette Table Ost Игра на понижение