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Moscow Patriarchate members start to leave Kyiv Pechersk Lavra

by The Kyiv Independent news desk March 24, 2023 1:06 AM 2 min read
This audio is created with AI assistance

Members of the Russian-controlled Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) have started to vacate the premises of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko said in a televised interview on March 23.

Tkachenko said an interdepartmental commission is currently investigating the premise’s conditions, adding that the UOC-MP will be held responsible for any missing property.

He noted that representatives from the Interior Ministry and the Security Service of Ukraine are monitoring the UOC-MP representatives’ departure from the monastery.

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On March 10, the Culture Ministry issued a statement saying monks with the UOC-MP must leave the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Ukraine’s most important Orthodox monastery, by March 29.

On March 13, the Russian-affiliated head of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra said he and other monks at the monastery had no intention of vacating the premises.

The Russian-controlled church’s lease on a part of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra – called the Upper Lavra – expired on Jan. 1, and the Ukrainian government decided not to extend the lease. Later, the Ukrainian authorities said they would also terminate the Russian-affiliated church’s indefinite lease on the remaining part, the Lower Lavra, starting from March 29, accusing it of violating the terms of the lease.

The Russian-backed church argued that the termination of the lease was illegal.

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Since January, the Ukrainian government has allowed the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which is independent of Russia, to hold several church services in the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. There is speculation that the authorities may permanently transfer the Lavra to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

On Dec. 2, President Volodymyr Zelensky also imposed sanctions against Lebid, head of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra and an ex-lawmaker from the pro-Russian Party of Regions.

Lebid has held consistent pro-Russian views and called for "unity" with Russia. He has also stated that "Crimea has never been Ukrainian." In November social media users shared a video in which a Moscow Patriarchate priest and parishioners at one of the Lavra's churches were singing a prayer for "Mother Russia."

The priest was later suspended by the Moscow-affiliated church. The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra ("pecherska" means "cave"), founded in 1051, is one of the first monasteries in Kyivan Rus. It belonged to the Ukrainian branch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople until 1688 when it was annexed by the Russian Orthodox Church.

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