Following Terelia's arrest and sentencing to a one-year term of incarceration in December 1982, the group's leadership was assumed by another lay activist, Vasyl Kobryn, who in turn was arrested and sentenced to a three-year term of hard labour in November 1984.
Po jego aresztowaniu i skazaniu na rok więzienia w grudniu 1982, kierownictwo Grupy objął Wasyl Kobryn, który z kolei został uwięziony i skazany na 3 lata przymusowych robót w listopadzie 1984.