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TRC Detains UOC Priest and Father of Four in Khmelnytskyi Region
TRC officers detained a UOC priest and father of four before taking him to Khmelnytskyi for a military medical examination.
KURAZHYN, UKRAINE — Employees of Ukraine’s Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Centers (TRC) detained Archpriest Mykhailo Shved, rector of the Intercession Church in the village of Kurazhyn, on November 11, 2026, according to information provided to UOJ-Ukraine by parishioners.
Fr. Mykhailo serves in the Kamianets-Podilskyi Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) and also oversees several other parishes in the Novoushytskyi deanery.
According to parishioners, the priest is a father of four and has serious heart problems and color blindness. Following his detention, he was taken to the city of Khmelnytskyi for a military medical examination.
The circumstances surrounding his detention and the outcome of the medical examination were not immediately known. Parishioners have asked the faithful to pray for their pastor.
Previously, the UOJ reported that a UOC hieromonk said he had been taken from a flight and mobilized.
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