“Only monks may be buried at a monastery, and the Lavra is not a museum site but a place of worship
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“I see the Lavra in the same way – if a cemetery is ever established on its grounds, only monks may be buried there, not laypeople.
“Of course, all cultural monuments must be respected and protected. However, the Lavra is not merely a historical site. The Lavra is a place of prayer
“It is impossible to establish ordinary cemeteries at Ostrog Monastery or Visoki Dečani Monastery. Only monks and abbots who have earned such an honor may be buried there
“The Ukrainian authorities’ decision to establish a pantheon of heroes on the grounds of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra runs contrary to the Church tradition of burial at monasteries
“the tradition of burying people near churches is indeed ancient and that cemeteries have long existed beside churches. A monastery, however, lives by different rules
“the concept of the “Russian World” does not apply to the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and that the monastery remains a shrine beyond politics.
“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,’
“The Lavra should be... put in order, everything that has been in decline for many, many years should be restored.
