The UOC has warned that authorities in Kyiv will attempt to seal off the Lavra temples

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The UOC has warned that authorities in Kyiv will attempt to seal off the Lavra temples

The UOC has warned that the kyiv authorities will try to seal the Lavra temples – RIA Novosti, 03/31/2023

The UOC has warned that authorities in Kyiv will attempt to seal off the Lavra temples

Representatives of the authorities will try to seal the churches of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra on Friday morning. Also, provocateurs will be brought to the Lavra, on which believers are not allowed … RIA Novosti, 03/31/2023

2023-03-31T01:20

2023-03-31T01:20

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MOSCOW, March 31 – RIA Novosti. Representatives of the authorities will try to seal the churches of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra on Friday morning. In addition, provocateurs will be brought to the Lavra, which believers cannot respond to, according to a call posted on the UOC’s Telegram channel. They noted that the attackers’ main goal is “to draw attention to themselves and provoke at least some sort of reaction to their actions.” “It is forbidden to communicate with provocateurs or pay attention to them in any way. If you see provocateurs approaching one of the believers, you must immediately approach (the believer – editor’s note) and explain that it is impossible to communicate and respond to provocations” – concluded in the UOC. The day before, the legal department of the UOC announced its intention to sue, to ask the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, the UN and other international organizations regarding the illegal cancellation by the Ukrainian government of the decision of the 2013 Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers on the conclusion of a lease contract for the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra with the monastery. Previously, Ukrainian Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko said that the Ukrainian government recognized as invalid the order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine by ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych dated 2013 No. 519 “The issue of transfer buildings of the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (monastery) of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church for free use and structures.” The UOC has announced its intention to appeal the decision. Previously controlled by the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, the “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve” announced the termination of the indefinite free rental contract with the UOC monastery of the same name and demanded that the monks leave the monastery March 29. . Pressure on the canonical UOC, the largest in the country, which millions of believers consider themselves to be, began in the 1990s by nationalists and schismatics. In 2018, this turned into a large-scale state campaign, the Ukrainian authorities, with the help of the Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew, created the “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” (OCU) from schismatic organizations – a competitor of the UOC. 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. 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. 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”. In March, the national reserve “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra” ordered the monks of the UOC to leave the buildings of the monastery belonging to it. Ukrainian Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko said monks from the canonical UOC could stay in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra if transferred to the schismatic OCU. According to the ROC website, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was established in 1990 (transformed from the Ukrainian Exarchate of the ROC) by decision of the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church. Then the UOC received the status of an autonomous church with the rights of wide autonomy within the Moscow Patriarchate, independence and self-governance. However, against the backdrop of persecution, in May 2022 the UOC Cathedral declared full independence and independence from the Moscow Patriarchate.

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The UOC has warned that authorities in Kyiv will attempt to seal off the Lavra temples