# The bloody seizure of an Orthodox church

- URL: https://syn.by/en/history/archives/bloody-seizure-orthodox-church/
- Published: 1924-06-26T19:10:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T01:48:00+00:00
- Section: Archives
- Language: en
- BE edition: https://syn.by/historya/arkhivy/kryvavy-zachvat-pravaslaunaje-carkvy.md
- RU edition: https://syn.by/ru/istoriya/arhivy/krovavyy-zakhvat-tserkvi.md

> During the handing over of an Orthodox church to Catholics in Kubradovichy, a brawl broke out in which about fifty people were beaten and ten seriously wounded. The newspaper ironically calls this the fruit of the government's policy.

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In the village of Kubradovichy, in the Hrubieszów voivodeship, a battle broke out between Orthodox and Catholics during the taking of an Orthodox church for a Catholic church (kostel). About 50 persons were badly beaten, and 10 seriously wounded.

Such are the results of the "apolitical" governing of Mr. Grabski's cabinet! People spill one another's blood, but the authorities are all the more at ease….