The Kiev Economic Court has scheduled a hearing on the merits of the claim of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) monastery in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra against the leadership of the State Museum-Reserve “Kyevo-Pechersk Lavra” for July. 19. This was expressed in his testimony by lawyer Nikita Chekman, who acted in the interests of the UOC. telegraph channel.
The hearing on the merits was adjourned to 10:00 on 19 July 2023”.
On July 5, Chekman said that another preliminary hearing was held in court regarding the monastery’s lawsuit against the reserve for recognizing the unilateral termination of the contract as fictitious as the monastery was using the facilities for worship.
In June, the Kyiv Economic Court rejected The canonical claim that the UOC’s museum reserve “Kiev-Pechersk Lavra” should not be hindered from performing divine services on monks. Representatives of the residents of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra did not come to the meeting and petitioned for the postponement of the trial, which the court rejected as unfounded.
Previously at the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine spoke About the future of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.