According to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), the Ukrainian government is trying to organize the transition of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra churches to the schismatic Ukrainian Orthodox Church (OCU). transmits TASS. According to the agency, the UOC states that this is evidenced by its refusal to extend the lease for the canonical church.
“Moreover, shameful searches have been made in Lavra and other monasteries lately and false news has been produced in the so-called media. All this is obviously being done to hand over the temples of the Upper Lavra to the OCU,” the UOC said.
We are talking about the Assumption Cathedral and the Refectory Church, which the UOC can no longer rent from 2023, as stated in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The church also stressed that this decision was made by the leadership of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve.
Previously, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine refused Extend the lease for the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra temples for the UOC.