By Topwar
On Thursday, January 5, Minister of Culture of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko announced that the Assumption Cathedral and the Refectory Church in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra were officially taken away from the use of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC). The official justified the actions of the Kyiv authorities by the fact that these places of worship were leased to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in 2016. According to the temporary use agreement, the lease expired on December 31, 2022 and the buildings were returned to the state. The request of representatives of the UOC to extend the lease was rejected.
This morning, the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra was cordoned off by the police and the National Guard of Ukraine. The security forces check the documents of those who want to get to the OCU Christmas service in the main temple of the monastery – the Assumption. At nine in the morning Kyiv time, the self-proclaimed head of the schismatic OCU, Epiphanius, began to celebrate the Christmas liturgy. Details of what is happening in the temple are described by Ukrainian publics.
In fact, the schismatics of the so-called Orthodox Church of Ukraine, with the help of the Kyiv regime, seized the main church of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, timed to coincide with one of the most important Christian holidays – Christmas.
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