Before the war, #Stepan_Podolchak always conducted divine services in the village of #Kalanchak in the #Ukrainian language. After the occupation, he continued to conduct religious services in his native language and was a patriot of #Ukraine. The #FSB called the priest several times for talks, demanding a transfer to the #Moscow_Patriarchate, but he refused.

#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691

🤬 In the temporarily occupied territory of the #Kherson region, #Kalanchak, #ruSSian inhumans tortured and killed the local 🇺🇦☦️ priest #Stepan_Podolchak.

"They took #Stepan out of the house barefoot and put a bag on his head. A few days later, on February 15, they came and took his wife for identification," the administration said.

Ukrainian priest abducted and tortured to death in Russian-occupied Kherson oblast

Father Stepan Podolchak from the Orthodox Church of Ukraine had refused to betray his oath and his congregation by transferring affiliation to the Moscow patriarchate

Human Rights in Ukraine