Kyiv threatens all Orthodox monasteries in Ukraine, Russian Orthodox Church bishop says

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Kyiv threatens all Orthodox monasteries in Ukraine, Russian Orthodox Church bishop says

kyiv threatens all Orthodox monasteries in Ukraine, the bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church says – RIA Novosti, 03/16/2023

Kyiv threatens all Orthodox monasteries in Ukraine, Russian Orthodox Church bishop says

All major Orthodox shrines, monasteries of the Canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church are now under threat, the Ukrainian authorities are organizing … RIA Novosti, 03/16/2023

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2023-03-16T06:05

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MOSCOW, March 16 – RIA Novosti. All major Orthodox shrines, monasteries of the Canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church are now under threat, the Ukrainian authorities are organizing constant attacks on them, Bishop Savva (Tutunov) of Zelenograd told RIA Novosti. Previously, the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve ordered monks of the Canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) to vacate its buildings until March 29. The Ukrainian interdepartmental working group has established a violation by the monastery of the terms of the agreement on the use of state property. She did not provide the content or details of the violations. After Ukrainian Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko said monks from the canonical UOC could stay in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra if transferred to the Ukrainian Orthodox Schismatic Church (OCU), and “the joint work of specialists and law enforcement officers will boost their decision.” On March 11, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ sent a message to religious leaders and international personalities on the situation around the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, describing as repressive the aims of Ukrainian officials in expelling monks from it. the UOC. The pressure on the Ukrainian Canonical Orthodox Church (UOC), the largest in the country, with which millions of believers identify, began in the 1990s by nationalists and schismatics. In 2018, this turned into a full-scale state campaign, the authorities created the “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” (OCU) – a competitor of the UOC – out of schismatic organizations. At the same time, an information campaign against the UOC was launched, mass seizures of its churches by looters, their “voluntary re-registration” with the OCU with the approval of the authorities, attacks by nationalists and schismatics against clergy and believers with impunity. In 2022, Ukrainian authorities 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. State sanctions have been imposed on 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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Kyiv threatens all Orthodox monasteries in Ukraine, Russian Orthodox Church bishop says