Petition in support of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra signed by 21 thousand people
Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. Photo: unn.com.ua
As of July 2, 2020, the petition entitled “Leave the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in use by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and reject petition No. 22/092966-ep” received 20,975 signatures. The document is published on the website of the President of Ukraine.
In 25 days, another 4,000 signatures must be collected.
As reported earlier, a step-by-step video toolkit that provides the entire algorithm of actions necessary for signing a petition on the preservation of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was published on the Web.
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