In the Rostov region, a TOC priest was fined for “illegal missionary”
On September 8, 2023, the magistrate court of judicial district No. 2 of the Azov judicial district of the Rostov region fined Archpriest Sergius Leonov, the priest of the parish of the Azov Icon of the Mother of God, which is under the jurisdiction of the True Orthodox Church, for “illegal missionary work.” The court found him guilty under Part 4 of Art.