“too much attention is being paid to Western Ukraine, "where church and national life already have deep-rooted Ukrainian foundations."
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“the Lavra serves as vivid testimony to the depth of the spiritual roots of our Ukrainian identity.
“a place of Ukraine’s spiritual strength
“Western Ukraine could turn into the Balkans in religious terms
“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
“the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra remains an Orthodox shrine beyond politics and the “Russian World.”
“the concept of the “Russian World” does not apply to the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and that the monastery remains a shrine beyond politics.
““Even if, somewhere far away, some do not regard us as a Local Church—just as some did not regard Paul as an apostle—for Ukraine we are the Local Church,” he said. “We recognise the unique and particular responsibility for Ukraine that follows from this. Therefore, like the Apostle Paul, we shall strive to do what is most beneficial for the Orthodox community of Ukraine. We shall continue firmly to expose the false teaching of the ‘Russian World,’ and we believe that, through our common efforts and with God’s help, we shall succeed.”
“This is the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. It has always been an Orthodox shrine, and it remains one. There can be no politics in such things. And no ‘Russian World,’