A portrait of Nicholas II was found. In the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, the police removed the locks at the entrances of two buildings. PHOTO
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On the morning of Thursday, July 6, the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra continued the process of sealing the Lower Lavra. The police removed the locks at the entrances of the two buildings. Read UP.Kultura in Telegram In particular, the law enforcement officers removed the locks on buildings 69 and 70 – those to which the commission of the reserve was not allowed on July 4. At the same time, believers of the UOC (MP) obstruct the work of law enforcement officers. The UOC MP reported that representatives of the commission, together with law enforcement officers, sealed the 70th building, where the residence of the head of the UOC MP Onufriy was located. Buildings 69 and 71 are also sealed. Photo: Ukrainian Orthodox Church / Telegram Photo: Ukrainian Orthodox Church / Telegram It is reported that the commission plans to seal all the premises of the Lavra, except for those necessary for monks to live. Photo: Ukrainian Orthodox Church / Telegram Photo: Ukrainian Orthodox Church / Telegram Many photos and videos of events near the Lavra appear on the Internet. Also, the Minister of Culture Oleksandr Tkachenko published a photo of the portraits of Russian Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra found today in the 69th building. Photo: Tkachenko.UA / Telegram What is happening around the Lavra? On January 1, 2023, the contract of June 17, 2016, concluded between the National Reserve of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (Men’s Monastery) of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on providing the Dormition Cathedral and the Tabernacle Church for temporary free use of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, expired on January 1, 2023. In March 2023, the National Reserve “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra” terminated the agreement with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Ukraine on the free use of the Lavra in Kyiv, so the monks were forced to leave the monastery and all the buildings. But representatives of the UOC MP refused to do so. On March 29, the Commercial Court of Kyiv received a lawsuit from the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. In it, they demanded that the rejection of the contract with the UOC MP be declared invalid. And the vicar of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Pavlo, said that he and the clergy of the UOC MP do not plan to leave the Lavra until the end of the trial. On April 1, the Shevchenkiv Court of Kyiv sent Pavel to 24-hour house arrest for two months on suspicion of inciting inter-religious enmity and justifying the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. On April 12, the Commission for the acceptance and transfer of state property finally started its work on the territory of the Lavra. On June 5, she completed her work, and the reserve sent the men’s monastery of the UOC MP a demand for immediate release, termination of use, and return of all religious buildings and other state-owned property. The day before, it became known that the church did not sign the acts of acceptance and transfer of the state property of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra within the set deadline. On June 13, the Commercial Court of Kyiv decided to reject the claim of the UOC MP to the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve regarding the holding of divine services in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. Read also: Lavra after SBU searches: an empty temple, a silent reserve, pilgrim tourists and business as usual
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