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# Ukrainian Monk Released From Recruitment Center
- URL: https://uoj.news/news/87246-ukrainian-monk-released-from-recruitment-center/
- Published: 2026-05-29T17:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-25T16:08:53.000Z
- Description: Archimandrite Galaktion returned to his monastery after release from Khmelnytskyi Territorial Recruitment Center following administrative processing.
- Author: Tobias Straney
- Tags: #Category: News, Abducted UOC Clergy, UOC, Ukraine Schism, Territorial Recruitment Center

**KHMELNYTSKYI OBLAST, UKRAINE —** Archimandrite Galaktion (Redey), a monk of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s (UOC) St. John the Baptist Monastery in Velyka Kalynivka, has returned to his monastic community [after being released](https://t.me/khm%5Fupc/19599) from the Khmelnytskyi city Territorial Recruitment Center (TRC) on May 27, 2026, according to the Khmelnytskyi Eparchy press service. Church officials said the cleric underwent a personal data check and a military medical commission before his release.

The eparchy reported that Archimandrite Galaktion was subsequently returned to the monastery where he has lived and served for nearly two decades as both a monk and spiritual father. The St. John the Baptist Monastery, located in the village of Velyka Kalynivka, has been his long-term place of residence and ministry within the local ecclesiastical community.

[![](https://uoj.news/content/images/2026/05/87212-uoc-monastery-says-clergyman-taken-following-divine-liturgy-35f5265ca5ae.jpg)On this topicUOC Monastery Says Clergyman Taken Following Divine Liturgy](https://uoj.news/news/87212-uoc-monastery-says-clergyman-taken-following-divine-liturgy/)

Church representatives expressed gratitude to those who assisted in securing his return, thanking “people of goodwill” for their efforts. The announcement framed the development as a positive resolution following his brief detention at the TRC facility, which oversees military registration and related administrative procedures in Ukraine.

Previously, the [UOJ reported](https://uoj.news/news/87190-metropolitan-found-guilty-of-religious-incitement/) that a UOC Metropolitan was found guilty of religious incitement.