Night holiday services were canceled in the Donbass

In the Donbass in the Orthodox churches, night Christmas services were canceled. This was announced today by the Donetsk news agency (Dan) spokeswoman for the Donetsk diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate , Archpriest Georgy Gulyaev.

"According to the decree of the manager of the Donetsk diocese, Metropolitan of Donetsk and Mariupol Ilarion, due to wartime, all night services in the Orthodox churches were canceled, with the exception of Easter service. Therefore, there will be no services in the Orthodox churches of the Donbass. Churches will work on Sunday in Christmas, that is, in the morning of January 7," TASS GULYAEV quotes TASS.

He noted that Metropolitan Hilarion asked the clergy to observe the passing regime and the commandant hour, and the rectors of the temples that are in the combat zone recommended that they transfer services to nearby temples that do not fall into the fire area.