Metropolitan Pavel (Lebed), the abbot of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, in his speech to the Ukrainian authorities, said that the crosses in the Refectory Church turned black after “blasphemy”. It has been reported DEA News.
Video taken at the Lavra shows the coating color of the crosses changing.
“Look what happened to the crosses on the Refectory Church. The crosses were yellow until the sacrilege (stealing of church shrines) was committed,” said the Metropolitan.
According to Paul, this phenomenon means that we “must preserve the holy catholic apostolic church.”
Formerly Patriarch Kirill He insisted To prevent the forced closure of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, emphasizing that this will lead to violations of the right to freedom of religion of millions of Ukrainians, including those guaranteed by the Constitution of Ukraine and the UN Charter. The patriarch compared the ultimatum of the Ukrainian authorities to the Lavra, to the persecution of faith during the Soviet Union.