“the “Russian empire of evil” had long imposed “slavish submission to the conqueror” at the Lavra through institutions dependent on it, “above all ecclesiastical ones.”
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“captured and enslaved, forced onto demonic Kremlin tracks, a pitiful imitation of a church, a lackey of Russian imperialism.
“thanks to Zelensky, the Lavra was breaking free from the shackles of the “Russian World.”
“the “Russian World” and the Lavra are completely different things.
“the ingratitude of the Church of Russia – and not only of Russia – toward the Mother Church of Constantinople, from which they received the light of the Christian faith and enlightenment continues
“the concept of the “Russian World” does not apply to the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and that the monastery remains a shrine beyond politics.
“by the millennium he hoped to see the Lavra renewed, “completely free from the interference of the Russian World,” and filled with prayer for an independent Ukraine.
“the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra remains an Orthodox shrine beyond politics and the “Russian World.”
“the state's decision to seize the churches and property of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra from the UOC is shameful