 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna September 1939, apo Eastern Galicia, Theological Academy yakavharwa uye vadzidzi vayo vakasungwa kana kuti kudzingwa. Musi waSeptember 15, 1941, nokukurumidza pashure pokutanga kwokupinda kweGermany muUSSR, chechi yeChikoro cheMweya Mutsvene uye raibhurari zvakaparadzwa nokuputika kwebhomba kweGermany. Zvidzidzo zviduku zvakatangazve muGermany munguva yeHondo Yenyika II. Pavadzidzi 500 vakadzidza paAcademy pakati pa1941 na1944, 60 bedzi vakagamuchira madhipuroma. Pashure pokunge mauto eRed Army adzorera Lviv kuvaSoviet muchirimo cha1945, Theological Academy yakavharwa, panguva ino kwemakumi emakore, nepo vazhinji vevakapedza kudzidza uye mapurofesa ayo vakapedzisira vari muGulag system yemisasa yevasungwa. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho paSynod yeLviv yakaitwa muna March 1946 pasi pesimba revakuru veSoviet, Chechi yeGreek Catholic yeUkraine yakabatanidzwa nechisimba neUkraine Exarchate ichangobva kuumbwazve yeChechi yeOrthodox yeRussia. Dzidzo youMwari pasi peUGCC, iyo yakarega kuvapo muUSSR asi chaizvoizvo yakarambidzwa, yakaganhurirwa kune yepasi pevhu, pamwe chete nechechi yose yeUGCC yose. Iyi nhambo inozivikanwa seChechi yeCatacombs munhau yeUGCC. 