“The Ukrainian government has literally terminated the right of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) to use the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, as it has done for almost a thousand years.
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“the state's decision to seize the churches and property of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra from the UOC is shameful
“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
“new attempts to seize the UOC’s Ascension Church in Kyiv’s Demiivka district
“the Kyiv authorities are persecuting the UOC even though the Church openly opposed the military invasion and declared its independence from Moscow
“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
“Zelensky, speaking at the Lavra, announced a law on Ukrainian shrines.
“the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra remains an Orthodox shrine beyond politics and the “Russian World.”
