Ukrainian Orthodox worshippers gather in Kyiv monastery as eviction looms

Scuffles at Kyiv monastery as Church accused of Russia ties resists eviction

Scuffles at Kyiv monastery as Church accused of Russia ties resists eviction Scuffles broke out outside a Kyiv monastery on Thursday after a Ukrainian branch of the Orthodox Church that the government says has ties with Russia defied an eviction order. Tensions over the presence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) at the 980-year-old Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery have risen since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February last year.Kyiv accuse…

Orthodox monks refuse to leave Kyiv monastery

Orthodox monks refuse to leave Kyiv monastery

Scuffles at Kyiv monastery as Church accused of Russia ties resists eviction

KYIV -- Scuffles broke out outside a Kyiv monastery on Thursday after a Ukrainian branch of the Orthodox Church which the government says has ties with Russia defied an eviction order.

Russia condemns eviction of monks from Kyiv monastery

'We condemn pressure being exerted on clergy, Russian Orthodox Church,' says Kremlin spokesman - Anadolu Agency

Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church cleric says ‘God will not forgive’ Zelensky for evicting monks from Kyiv Pechersk Lavra

Metropolitan Pavel, the head of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, where the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church has been headquartered since 1992, said in a YouTube video posted Wednesday that “God will not forgive” Volodymyr Zelensky or his family for evicting hundreds of monks from the monastery. Earlier this month, the state body that oversees the Lavra as a national historic preserve terminated its contract with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and …

No Forced Eviction From Kyiv Monastery But Property Must Be Vacated, Ukrainian Security Official Says

Force will not be used to evict representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) from the Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, the secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov, said on March 29 after monks who have been ordered to leave the historic site refused to go.