The information and education department of the Canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) reported that on the morning of March 21, the commission of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine began to check the “security of museum exhibits” on the territory of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. , left the Nearby Caves. This is stated in the Telegram channel of the information department.
It is stated that believers “pray in shrines”.
“The delegation has left the Near Caves and many believers are praying in the shrines. The distant caves are also open so far,” the message says.
Earlier, the head of the Synodal Information and Education Department, Metropolitan Nizhyn and Pryluky Kliment (Dinner), stated that the Ukrainian authorities from March 21 closed Access to the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra caves, where the relics of the saints are kept. He noted that the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine has formed a commission to determine the safety of museum exhibits containing relics.
Prior to this, it was reported that the highest hierarchs of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, headed by its archbishop Metropolitan Onufry. gathered In the office of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and request a personal meeting with him.