UOC Metropolitan Kiev-Pechersk Lavra deputy Pavel (Lebed) said that on April 1, he received a suspicion from the Ukrainian Security Service, that his house would be searched. The Telegram channel of the Ukrainian edition Strana.ua writes about this and publishes a video with Pavel talking about it.
He is accused of working for Russia and inciting religious hatred, as the metropolitan said, he was also told that he “cursed the president.”
According to him, he is not guilty of anything and has never cursed anyone.
The deputy of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra added that the Bible says that “our tears will not fall to the ground, they will fall on the heads of those who caused this uprising.”
In one of the videos, he is signing a certain document and probably SBU officials are standing behind him.
On March 30, Metropolitan Pavel, in your name at SBU. He did not specify why.
The situation around the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra escalated after the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine informed the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the unilateral termination of the monastery’s lease, the monks were asked to leave the Lavra on March 29. Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko said the monks can stay in the Lavra, provided they are transferred to the schismatic Ukrainian Orthodox Church (OCU).