The Shevchenkovsky Court in Kiev adjourned the hearing on the appointment of a preventive measure to Metropolitan Pavel (Lebed), the governor of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, to April 3. This was reported by the Telegram channel of the Ukrainian edition “Strana.ua”.
According to the channel’s writing, during the trial, Metropolitan said that he fell ill due to elevated blood sugar. In connection with this, the judge decided to postpone the meeting to 09:00 on Monday.
Strana.ua states that after that, Pavel left the courtroom.
Formerly Governor-General of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra declaration in court, he was found not guilty and that the criminal proceedings against him were of a political nature. Before that, it was learned that it was a Metropolitan. presented under articles on the topic of inciting inter-religious hatred and “justifying the armed attack of the Russian Federation” raises suspicion.
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church noted that the criminal case was connected with the Metropolitan’s statements about the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the Patriarchate of Constantinople, as well as his reluctance to leave the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.