Russia will raise Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra issue at UN, Foreign Ministry says

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Russia will raise Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra issue at UN, Foreign Ministry says

Russia will raise Kiev-Pechersk Lavra issue at UN, Foreign Ministry says – RIA Novosti, 03/16/2023

Russia will raise Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra issue at UN, Foreign Ministry says

Moscow will raise the issue of Kyiv’s expulsion of monks from Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra at the session of the UN General Assembly’s Committee on Information, if the information … RIA Novosti, 03/16 /2023

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MOSCOW, March 16 – RIA Novosti. Moscow will raise the issue of Kyiv’s expulsion of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monks at a session of the UN General Assembly Information Committee if the secretariat’s information work is not balanced said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. The day before, the official representative of the UN Secretary General, Stéphane Dujarric, had not commented on the situation with the violation of the rights of Orthodox believers in Ukraine “for lack of information”, noting that, according to the organization, freedom of religion must be ensured in all States. “If you can’t comment after the monks’ direct appeal to the international community in multiple languages, Stefan, admit your bias and don’t replace the United Nations – it’s a total loss of qualification. Or work out a political order Regularly claiming that you know nothing about what is happening in Ukraine, while your boss regularly visits Kyiv (the last time no later than March 8) – to sow distrust of the UN and its secretariat”, she wrote on her Telegram channel. Zakharova recalled that when the fire broke out in the Cathedral of Our Lady, which, like the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Dujarric’s comment with promises of help to restoration appeared the next day. But only church properties were damaged, she said. “If the information work of the Secretariat is not balanced, we will raise this issue during the session of the Committee on Information of the United Nations General Assembly,” she said. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday sent letters to UN Secretary General António Guterres and to North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani, as acting OSCE Chairman, in which he drew attention to violations of the rights of Orthodox believers in Ukraine and urged them to influence Kyiv in order to prevent the forced expulsion of monks from the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. 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. Subsequently, Ukrainian Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko said that the monks of the canonical UOC could stay in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra if transferred to the Ukrainian Orthodox Schismatic Church (OCU) , and “the joint work of specialists and law enforcement officers will stimulate 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.

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Russia will raise Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra issue at UN, Foreign Ministry says