The actions of ordinary believers of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church regarding the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra speak of their determination to defend their shrine. This was stated in the broadcast of the TV channel by Vladimir Legoyda, the official representative of the Russian Orthodox Church. “Russia 24”.
According to him, the way citizens came to the Lavra, prayed and did not allow the commission to take inventory of the monastery’s property deserves special attention.
At the same time, Legoyda added that the reaction of the world community to what is happening around the UOC and the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra is insufficient.
Earlier it was known that Metropolitan Pavel. parole Suspicion under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: “incitement of inter-religious hatred” and “justify armed aggression of the Russian Federation”.
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church noted that this was due to the Metropolitan’s statements regarding the separatist Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the Patriarchate of Constantinople, and his reluctance to leave the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.
in legoy declarationThat the UOC Metropolitan’s house arrest is a confirmation of the “lawlessness of the Ukrainian authorities”.