Earlier, the monastery’s lawyer, Nikita Chekman, published a decree of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, which stated that the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy had created a commission to seal the facilities of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra and called for the monks of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) to vacate the premises before July 4. The UOC affirmed that the demand to release the buildings of the kyiv-Pechersk Lavra is illegal and described such actions as arbitrary. All this was reported by the lawyer of the monastery Nikita Chekman, who published the decree of the ministry.
– Today guests are expected in the kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. The Ministry of Culture sent a commission to seal the monastery buildings. Their work is expected to start around 10 am in building 69. Channel 5 representatives are already on duty, the Union of Orthodox Journalists reports on its Telegram channel.
A new round of conflict around the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra began with the notification of the UOC of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine about the termination of the lease of the monastery unilaterally, the monks were forced to leave the Lavra on the 29th of March. The Minister of Culture allowed them to stay on the condition that they join the schismatic OCU. The abbot of the kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Pavel (Lebed), said that there could be no compromises in the Lavra, the brothers who revived the monastery would remain until the end. He also insists that it is impossible to break the lease of the Lavra buildings unilaterally, a court decision is needed, and a lawsuit on the inadmissibility of terminating the lease was filed with the Kiev Economic Court.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus earlier called the order of the authorities to the monks to leave the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, which Orthodox Christians consider one of the earthly inheritances of the Mother of God, a “monstrous act.” He addressed the primates of the local Orthodox churches, Pope Francis, the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, and other religious leaders and representatives of international organizations, with messages in which he called on them to “make all possible efforts”. to avoid the expulsion of monks and the forced. closure of the monastery
