God took the spirit of kyiv authorities, Lavra parishioner says

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God took the spirit of kyiv authorities, Lavra parishioner says

God took the spirit of the kyiv authorities, a Lavra parishioner says – RIA Novosti, 12/04/2023

God took the spirit of kyiv authorities, Lavra parishioner says

The Ukrainian government is mad because it “turned away from the Lord”, says a parishioner of kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. RIA Novosti, 04/12/2023

2023-04-12T23:46

2023-04-12T23:46

2023-04-12T23:46

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MOSCOW, April 12 – RIA Novosti. The Ukrainian government is mad because it “has turned away from the Lord”, says a parishioner of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. “Our government is crazy. If God is to punish, he removes the spirit. (powerful – ed.) high. Who can expel the servants of God (priests – ed.) from his dwelling (temples – ed.)?” – said the parishioner. She recalled that the authorities expelled praying people who did not interfere with anyone from the Lavra of Kiev-Pechersk and closed the churches, while “the taverns are open. The woman stressed that in the temples one should glorify God and not organize discos (as happened in the church in the refectory of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra after the expulsion of priests from the canonical UOC – ed.) A new series of disputes around the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra began with the UOC’s notification of the Ministry of Culture of ukraine regarding the unilateral termination of the monastery’s rental contract, the monks had to leave the Lavra on March 29. Ukrainian Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko said that the monks could stay in the Lavra, provided they be transferred to the schismatic OCU. However, the abbot of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Pavel, subsequently under house arrest for two months, said there could be no compromise on the lavra, the brothers would hold out until the end. He also said that the termination of the lease agreement on the Lavra buildings is impossible unilaterally, a court decision is required, a lawsuit on the inadmissibility of the termination of the lease agreement has been filed with the economic court from Kyiv. Every day, believers are on duty in the Lavra, they pray, and provocateurs and nationalists gather near its walls. Over the past year, Ukrainian authorities have staged the largest wave of persecution of the UOC in the country’s recent history. Referring to its links with Russia, local authorities in different regions of Ukraine have decided to ban the activities of the UOC, and a draft law on its effective ban in Ukraine has been submitted to the country’s parliament. The authorities imposed sanctions against some representatives of the UOC clergy. Ukraine’s Security Service has begun criminal proceedings against UOC clergy, carrying out “counter-intelligence activities” – searches of bishops and priests, in churches and monasteries, seeking evidence of “anti-Ukrainian activities”.

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God took the spirit of kyiv authorities, Lavra parishioner says