{"id":6026,"date":"2024-07-02T08:53:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T08:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/russian-forces-release-two-ukrainian-catholic-priests-captured-in-2022\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T08:53:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T08:53:16","slug":"russian-forces-release-two-ukrainian-catholic-priests-captured-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/russian-forces-release-two-ukrainian-catholic-priests-captured-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"For\u00e7as russas libertam dois padres cat\u00f3licos ucranianos capturados em 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>[ad_1] Source Sviatoslav Shevchuk is Major Archbishop of Kyiv\u2013Galicia and Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. \/ Credit: Screenshot\/EWTN News Nightly ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 1, 2024 \/ 16:00 pm (CNA). The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) announced the release of two Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests who had been captured in November 2022 by the Russian National Guard.The freed priests are Ivan Levitsky and Bohdan Geleta, members of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) announced the release of two Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests who had been captured in November 2022 by the Russian National Guard.The freed priests are Ivan Levitsky and Bohdan Geleta, members of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-6026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54333,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/religious-freedom-report-russia-guilty-of-severe-violations-against-religious-minorities\/","url_meta":{"origin":6026,"position":0},"title":"Religious freedom report: Russia guilty of \u2018severe\u2019 violations against religious minorities","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Outubro 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Palace of the Senate of the Russian Empire in Moscow. \/ Credit: Angel Miklashevsky, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. 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