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FILE PHOTO: The Kiev Pechersk Lavra monestary complex in Kiev, Ukraine. © Getty Images / Douglas Keister
Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko on Friday ordered the closure of 74 churches belonging to the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), citing its alleged “direct ties” to the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Klitschko’s decree is similar to that used to seize the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, or Monastery of the Caves, which Ukrainian police stormed last month. The world-famous holy site, which is nearly 1,000 years old, was handed over to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, a rival organization set up by the government in 2018.
The Lavra is technically state property but the church administered it under a 2013 agreement, which Kiev declared null and void earlier this year, claiming that the UOC violated it by having ties to “enemy nation” Russia. Ukrainian courts rejectedthe UOC’s appeals.
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The newly sequestered sites may be handed over to the OCU or the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, which is in communion with Rome, or could even be demolished as “illegal objects” given the government’s annulment of lease and use contracts.
Back in March, President Vladimir Zelensky called the seizure of the Lavra “a move to strengthen our spiritual independence” and accused the UOC of being a tool of Russia. A third of Ukraine’s regions have outrightly banned the UOC so far.
Moscow has accused Kiev of persecuting the canonical Orthodox church and Washington for tacitly approving Ukraine’s actions. The US State Department, which produces an annual “religious freedom” report, has never commented on Kiev’s campaign against the UOC. The reports published so far contain references only to meetings with representatives of the government-backed OCU.
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Kiev orders closure of Christian churches
Ukrainian Orthodox Church property is being seized over “ties to Moscow”
FILE PHOTO: The Kiev Pechersk Lavra monestary complex in Kiev, Ukraine. © Getty Images / Douglas Keister
Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko on Friday ordered the closure of 74 churches belonging to the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), citing its alleged “direct ties” to the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Klitschko’s decree is similar to that used to seize the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, or Monastery of the Caves, which Ukrainian police stormed last month. The world-famous holy site, which is nearly 1,000 years old, was handed over to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, a rival organization set up by the government in 2018.
The Lavra is technically state property but the church administered it under a 2013 agreement, which Kiev declared null and void earlier this year, claiming that the UOC violated it by having ties to “enemy nation” Russia. Ukrainian courts rejectedthe UOC’s appeals.
READ MORE
The Last Crusade: How the conflict between Russia and the West has fueled a major split in the Orthodox Christian Church
The newly sequestered sites may be handed over to the OCU or the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, which is in communion with Rome, or could even be demolished as “illegal objects” given the government’s annulment of lease and use contracts.
Back in March, President Vladimir Zelensky called the seizure of the Lavra “a move to strengthen our spiritual independence” and accused the UOC of being a tool of Russia. A third of Ukraine’s regions have outrightly banned the UOC so far.
Moscow has accused Kiev of persecuting the canonical Orthodox church and Washington for tacitly approving Ukraine’s actions. The US State Department, which produces an annual “religious freedom” report, has never commented on Kiev’s campaign against the UOC. The reports published so far contain references only to meetings with representatives of the government-backed OCU.
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Toespraak Zelensky zet kwaad bloed: Polen stuurt geen wapens meer naar Oekraïne
Toespraak Zelensky zet kwaad bloed: Polen stuurt geen wapens meer naar Oekraïne
Polen zal Oekraïne niet langer bewapenen en zich voortaan louter op zijn eigen verdediging concentreren. Dat heeft de Poolse premier Mateusz Morawiecki aangekondigd. Polen is ontstemd over uitspraken van de Oekraïense president Zelensky tijdens een vergadering van de Verenigde Naties over het...
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Zelensky sitting at his own UN Speech. Where’s Waldo? Ukrainian media needs to fire their editors!!😂 HT @Jack_Posobiec
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