The antiquities were removed. Their historical and cultural value will be determined by an expert.
Border guards of the Chop detachment, along with customs officials, prevented an attempt to illegally export two old books abroad. On Monday, April 10, the State Border Service reports.
It was noted that previously printed publications on religious themes, one by Ukrainian and the other by foreign journalists, were found yesterday during an inspection of a Czech-registered Mercedes car, sent to Slovakia by a Romanian citizen with of a Ukrainian citizen. .
The Book of the Lives of the Saints, dated 1906, and the Rules for Holy Communion, dated 1900, were found in the trunk of a car along with the belongings of a citizen of Ukraine, a resident of Transcarpathia.
The antiquities were removed. Their historical and cultural value will be determined by an expert.
The State Border Guard Service reminded that last weekend the border guards of the Izmail detachment at the Tabaki checkpoint prevented the export of the relics of 80 saints and other church equipment to Moldova.
It was reported that a citizen of Moldova, on behalf of his friend from Odessa, had to bring all the things to the border and deliver them to the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos in the city of Vulcanesti.
Border guards reported the smuggling to the SBU and a division of the National Police. Church equipment was confiscated, and criminal proceedings were opened.
Remember that they tried to take an old icon from Ukraine under the guise of accessories.
It was previously reported that spouses involved in smuggling old coins were exposed in the Kyiv region.
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Source: korrespondent
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