Belyaevsky, Odessa Province, Ukraine, December 31, 2024
Fr. Evgeny, Matushka Anna, and their first daughter. Photograph: Fb A priest of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church who was forcibly drafted per week and a half in the past has been launched.
On December 21, on his manner house from visiting his spouse in the hospital the place she had simply given beginning to their second youngster, Fr. Evgeny Rozhdestvensky was taken from a cell checkpoint to the native army recruitment middle. Regardless of failing the medical examination, he was despatched on for army coaching.
Six days later, his relative Archpriest Nikolai Karpenko reported that Fr. Evgeny had been launched.
“This morning, the lawyer was capable of get Fr. Evgeny from the army recruitment workplace. Maybe your prayers contributed to sure amendments in laws, as now clergy have exemption from conscription, and this additionally influenced the circumstances,” Fr. Nikolay wrote.
He expressed gratitude to all who’ve supported and prayed for Fr. Evgeny and his household, in addition to to the authorized division of the Odessa Diocese and the lawyer who fought for the priest’s launch.
“Might the Lord reward you on your prayers and care, granting you peace, prosperity, and blessing in all of your endeavors,” Fr. Nikolai concludes.
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