According to him, the incident occurred on the night of January 22. Longinus said that he heard a knock on the door, after which he decided to check who was bothering him. When the door opened, an unknown person hit Longinus, causing him to lose consciousness.
“As a result of the blow, surgery on the eyelids was necessary. I feel good now! Everything remains at the mercy and judgment of God,” the Banchensky monastery quotes him as saying on social networks.
It is worth noting that in May 2023, the SBU accused Longin of inciting interreligious hatred. The reason for this was his allegedly disparaging statements about the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU). Then it became known that the believers who supported him began to receive summonses in Chernivtsi.