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Ukraine had given Orthodox priests a deadline by which to leave certain monasteries. The priests refused to leave and now they are breaking in and arresting the Orthodox Priests.
Ukrainian religious persecution and the arrest of Orthodox priests continues including inside the Holy places.
Ukrainian security forces break into a church full of parishioners in Chernivtsi in a chaotic scene.
Ukrainian government plans to expel all Russian Orthodox priests from the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, a massive Orthodox monastery in the middle of Kyiv. This is deeply controversial and, to some outsiders, may look like a divisive action in a country where 30 percent of the population speaks Russian and 13.8 percent were Russian Orthodox Church members.