“Am I understanding this correctly – a military choir is singing at Epifaniy’s service in the Lavra? So servicemen, who receive salaries from the state paid out of taxpayers’ money – including the money of UOC believers – are singing at the service of one particular religious figure?
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“the state's decision to seize the churches and property of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra from the UOC is shameful
“the UOC community had shown disrespect toward the funeral cortege of a fallen Ukrainian serviceman
“But now, thanks to the joint efforts of the Ukrainian state – the president, the government, the Verkhovna Rada – and the Ukrainian Church, the Lavra is breaking free from the shackles of the ‘Russian world’ and returning to its roots
“Romania makes monthly payments to Moldovan clergy who have transferred from the Orthodox Church of Moldova to the jurisdiction of the Romanian Orthodox Church
“Zelensky, speaking at the Lavra, announced a law on Ukrainian shrines.
“the amount of the payment depends on whether the cleric holds a Romanian passport rather than on his ecclesiastical rank
“through the efforts of Zelensky and the OCU, the Lavra is breaking free from the shackles of the Russian World and returning to its roots