The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP) did not leave the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and is holding worship there.
This was reported by the press service of the UOC MP, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
The UOC MP did not leave the territory of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, despite the fact that its lease agreement for temples expired on March 29.
As of the morning of March 30, the priests of the UOC MP are conducting divine services in the Lavra.
In particular, the broadcast of the service on Facebook is available.
The UOC MP is conducting and broadcasting the service live on social networks.
At 10 a.m., a commission was to arrive on the territory of the Kyiv-Pechersk Reserve and the process of transferring the property of the Lavra to the state was to begin.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate filed a lawsuit in court over the eviction from the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
Archimandrite of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (MP) Avraamiy (Lotysh) appealed to Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv and All Ukraine with a request to approve him as one of the brothers in the monastery of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
The National Reserve Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra terminated the contract for the use of the men's monastery by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP). Representatives of the UOC MP had to leave the territory of the monastery by March 29 of the current year.
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