Holy Dormition Patriarchal Monastery (Photo: eparhiya.od.ua)

Holy Dormition Monastery damaged during night attack on Odesa. About reported in the Odesa Eparchy.

The enemy damaged the monastery's buildings, including the dairy and the monastery's farmyard. The rubble of the monastery's greenhouse, where dozens and hundreds of different flowers and trees were kept in winter and decorated the grounds in summer, is also being cleared.

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In particular, the central altar of the Life-Giving Source church, where services are held, was damaged. Stained glass windows and windows were smashed. The monastery cemetery also suffered damage to the buildings, and the ancient image of the Savior, well known to all who came to the grave of St. Kuksha of Odesa, was mutilated, the monastery noted.

Windows and doors were smashed in the house of Metropolitan Agafangel, where he lives and receives pilgrims, carolers, and clergy.

The novices and other believers managed to take shelter, no one was killed, but one seminarian was injured and hospitalized.

"It was a very scary night. On the night of January 28, the Russian Federation committed such a shameful act again. Several dozen "shaheds" hit almost the same place. Unfortunately, there are victims. But, thank God, everyone is alive. We provided first aid to all the injured," reported said Archimandrite Isaiah in a commentary to Radio Liberty.

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