The appeal was also addressed to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
The leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church, which for the ninth year has not seen the crimes committed by the Russian troops in Ukraine, has been affected by the fate of the buildings of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. And turned to Pope Francis.
Thus, the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirill (Volodymir Gundyaev) appealed to Pope Francis and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to prevent the expulsion of UOC (MP) monks from the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
“It is regrettable the fact that when the state leadership of Ukraine declares its commitment to democratic norms, the European path of development, respect for human rights and freedom, these rights and freedoms are trampled on in this way today,” Kirill is quoted as saying in TASS.
As you know, the two main temples of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra are already returned the state
Now the Ministry of Culture announced that the UOC (MP) should leave the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. In particular, it is about the “lower laurel”. The monastery needs to vacate buildings and structures that are state property and that are on the balance sheet of the Reserve, at the address: Kyiv, st. Lavrska, 11, Kyiv, str. Lavrska, March 15 to 29, 2023.
At the same time as writes edition of the Left Bank, the State Audit Service recorded numerous violations during the audit on the territory of the Lavra. In particular, we are talking about 36 newly built independent buildings. All of them, the sources note, are commercial and economic premises (that is, they are not directly related to the monastic life/building).
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