Militants tried to shell Slavyansk Cathedral, but missed it

Natalya Mihailova | 19 June 2014
Moscow, June 17, Interfax - The Ukrainian Army shelled St. Alexander Cathedral and its nearby territories in Slavyansk.

“Yesterday after the evening service, the shelling was resumed from Karachun mountain. Our Cathedral of St. Alexander of Neva is located right under it. They certainly aimed at the church. The Mayak store is located in several meters from it. The shell touched its roof, a corner of the building was destroyed. Many trees were damaged at the railway station, cables were torn. We can’t understand what the shooters wanted and what they tried to achieve,” dean of St. Alexander District, Archpriest Nikolay Fomenko was cited as saying by the Slavyansk Diocese press service. 

According to him, people were not injured. The shelling wave tore the lock in the roof of the bell tower.

“The store is only a trade point, there are no headquarters or posts of home guards around us. I am sure that they aimed at the church: the shell went right between the central dome and bell tower. It is a new miracle! Alexander of Neva saved out shrine,” the priest said.

Since you are here…

…we do have a small request. More and more people visit Orthodoxy and the World website. However, resources for editorial are scarce. In comparison to some mass media, we do not make paid subscription. It is our deepest belief that preaching Christ for money is wrong.

Having said that, Pravmir provides daily articles from an autonomous news service, weekly wall newspaper for churches, lectorium, photos, videos, hosting and servers. Editors and translators work together towards one goal: to make our four websites possible - Pravmir.ru, Neinvalid.ru, Matrony.ru and Pravmir.com. Therefore our request for help is understandable.

For example, 5 euros a month is it a lot or little? A cup of coffee? It is not that much for a family budget, but it is a significant amount for Pravmir.

If everyone reading Pravmir could donate 5 euros a month, they would contribute greatly to our ability to spread the word of Christ, Orthodoxy, life's purpose, family and society.