The reason was an announcement on March 10 by the Zelensky government that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) would have to relinquish control of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, a large monastery ...
"As the mass media is actively musing about March 29 and the alleged expulsion of the monks from the Kiev Pechersk Lavra on this day, it should be stated that no expulsion can take place ...
TASS/. The Kiev-Pechersk Lavra has been registered as a monastery within the schismatic Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), with OCU leader Epiphanius (Dumenko) heading the monastery as a legal ...