Fr Ivan Levitsky - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 30 Jun 2024 22:45:42 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Fr Ivan Levitsky - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Ukrainian Catholic priests freed from Russian captivity https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/07/01/ukrainian-catholic-priests-freed-from-russian-captivity/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 05:50:54 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=172623 Two disappeared Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests seized by Russian forces from their church in Berdyansk in November 2022 have been released after months of captivity, according to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Redemptorist Fathers Ivan Levitsky and Bohdan Geleta, who served at the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in Berdyansk, were among Read more

Ukrainian Catholic priests freed from Russian captivity... Read more]]> Two disappeared Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests seized by Russian forces from their church in Berdyansk in November 2022 have been released after months of captivity, according to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Redemptorist Fathers Ivan Levitsky and Bohdan Geleta, who served at the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in Berdyansk, were among ten prisoners returned to Ukrainian authorities.

Zelenskyy announced the news on June 28 on his Facebook page.

"We have managed to free 10 more of our people from Russian captivity, despite all the difficulties," wrote Zelenskyy, who recognised "the Holy See's efforts to bring these people home."

Moments after Zelenskyy's announcement, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church posted the news on its website, along with images of the two priests taken during their imprisonment by Russia.

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