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Iveron Convent in Donetsk shelled with incendiary shells (+Video)

Donetsk, November 2, 2014

On Friday the Iveron Convent of Donetsk was shelled with incendiaries. A block house was burned down.

“The reports that it was a wooden church that burned down are wrong. It was not a church, though it had a dome above it.

“The block house was built last year specially for the Sunday school which opened last year but closed this year. Children were taught, guests were received and people were given food on holidays there,” the convent reports. “Nearly the entire fence around the convent burned down. The cemetery is being shelled intensively.”

The mother-abbess together with the convent’s confessor attempted to drive up to the convent but they were not let in.

At the present time at the St. Nicholas Cathedral (which currently keeps the main shrine of the convent – the Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos) supplicatory prayer services with Akathists are performed in a singsong voice before the wonder-working icon every Friday. Last Friday many people came to pray before the holy icon.

11/5/2014

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Orthodox Christians of Donbass praying on ruins of their churches

Orthodox Christians of Donbass praying on ruins of their churches

Orthodox Christians of Donbass praying on ruins of their churches
Despite the fact that many churches of the war-torn districts of Donbass are destroyed, the faithful keep praying and are continuing the liturgical life on ruins of their shrines.

Ukrainian army shelling Iveron Convent in Donetsk

Ukrainian army shelling Iveron Convent in Donetsk

Ukrainian army shelling Iveron Convent in Donetsk

Ukrainian army shelling Iveron Convent in Donetsk
One of the volunteer corps members who currently guards the church has reported that the convent is regularly shelled from the airport side. “Every day they fire at us, lay mines and other ammunition,” the self-defense forces representative related.

At least 11 killed, 40 injured in shelling in Donetsk, E. Ukraine, school hit

At least 11 killed, 40 injured in shelling in Donetsk, E. Ukraine, school hit

At least 11 killed, 40 injured in shelling in Donetsk, E. Ukraine, school hit

At least 11 killed, 40 injured in shelling in Donetsk, E. Ukraine, school hit
“The particular cynicism of this shelling is the very fact that today was the children’s first day at school. And on this day, artillery directly targets them. These are blatant, intolerable things,” the ministry’s human rights ombudsman Konstantin Dolgov said.

Another church destroyed by shelling in Donbass (updated version)

Another church destroyed by shelling in Donbass (updated version)

Another church destroyed by shelling in Donbass (updated version)

Another church destroyed by shelling in Donbass (updated version)
The explosion caused a fire, the church burned down completely together with its church vessels and vestments. Before the shelling the priest removed the antimensions and the Eucharistic bread and wine,

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Church in central Lugansk damaged from shelling (+Video)

Church in central Lugansk damaged from shelling (+Video)

Church in central Lugansk damaged from shelling (+Video)
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Center of Horlivka Shelled, People Killed and a Church Damaged

Center of Horlivka Shelled, People Killed and a Church Damaged

Center of Horlivka Shelled, People Killed and a Church Damaged

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