The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) said it had “a record number of faithful in our country”.

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Mr. Lozynskyi is a member of the Greek Catholic Church, part of a branch known as Eastern Rite Catholicism that follows the Vatican, that is persecuted in Russian-held parts of Ukraine.

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