The Ministry of Culture of Ukraine (MKIP) announced that they refused to extend the lease for the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) for the Refectory and Assumption churches in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. This is stated in the Telegram channel of the episode.
The corresponding decision was taken in connection with the decree of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on the imposition of new sanctions against representatives of the UOC.
According to the Ministry of Culture, Alexander Rudnik, general director of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve, sent a corresponding letter to the governor of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Pavel (Lebed) of Vyshgorod and Chernobyl.
Formerly Metropolitan of Nizhyn and Pryluky Kliment (Dinner) knowledgeableThe National Kyiv-Pechersk Historical and Cultural Reserve has refused to renew the lease for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the two main churches in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
In this regard, Metropolitan Pavel, rector of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra discussed Request to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to intervene in the situation with a lease agreement, according to which the clergy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) will not be able to stay in the Assumption Cathedral and Refectory Church from 1 January.