Dumenko urges Lavra monks to "free themselves from Moscow's dominion"
Serhii Dumenko. Photo: a screenshot of the “Suspilne” broadcast
At the "service" of the OCU at the Lavra’s Dormition Cathedral on January 7, 2022, Serhii Dumenko said that the monks of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra should join the OCU because it is the duty of all Orthodox in Ukraine. The event was broadcast by “Suspilne”.
Dumenko thanked those present for their civic position to "liberate the shrine from the captivity of the Russian world" and said that the introduction of the OCU to the Lavra was made possible by "broad public support".
Dumenko assured that he would do everything "so that the name of the Lavra would no longer be dishonoured by the seductive behaviour of those who have forgotten their vocation to be humble workers in God's vineyard”.
Dumenko noted that "belonging to the OCU of the Ukrainian faithful, communities and monasteries is their canonical obligation" and that its structure functions in Ukraine "without any external control or coercion".
"As priest-archimandrite of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra" Serhii Dumenko addressed the monastery's brethren: "The time has come for final liberation from the uncanonical rule of Moscow and its servants over you, to follow the Tomos and begin a new page of the Lavra's existence as a truly monastic monastery dedicated to the service of the one Christ Church," Dumenko said.
According to Dumenko, Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan) rejoices in the OCU's ministry at the Lavra.
He highlighted that "everything that needs (in the Lavra - Ed) to be cleansed – let it be cleansed by our joint efforts".
Read also
Head of Germany’s largest media group: We must all become Zionists
The media executive urged Europeans to defend the Jewish state in order to preserve their own freedom and security.
Church сonsecrated after restoration in Zaporizhzhia Eparchy of UOC
Metropolitan Luke of Zaporizhzhia and Melitopol performed the rite of great consecration and celebrated the first Liturgy in the renovated church.
Sand for construction of Yermak’s residence brought from cemetery, MP says
MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak said that sand illegally removed from a cemetery in Ukrainka was used in the construction of the elite Dynasty cooperative in Kozyn.
Italian court recognizes family with three parents as legal
In Bari, the appellate court ordered authorities to register an adoption according to which a child is listed as having two "fathers" and one mother.
Archaeologists discover biblical Bethsaida on shore of Sea of Galilee
Researchers have discovered a first-century residential house beneath the apse of a Byzantine church and a mosaic inscription mentioning the Apostle Peter.
Israeli soldiers receive jail terms for mocking statue of the Virgin Mary
Those involved in the act of sacrilege in the village of Debel will spend several weeks behind bars for desecrating a statue of the Mother of God.