UOC Primate comes to prayerful standing for Lavra
His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry. Photo: UOJ
Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry arrived at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, which has been standing in prayer for the sanctuary since March 29, 2023, reports a UOJ correspondent.
"I have come to support the brethren and to thank the faithful for coming to defend the monastery. I have come to pray in the place where our Caves saints lived ascetically, being a treasure not only of Ukraine but also of the whole Orthodox world," said His Beatitude.
The UOJ Telegram channel is broadcasting live the developments in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
Read also
In Trostyanets, a UOC church was damaged as a result of shelling
The blast wave shattered the windows of the cathedral and destroyed the layer of plaster around the window openings and on the walls of the church.
The SBU has notified a metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church of suspicion in absentia
The security service accused the ROC hierarch of organizing fundraising for the Russian army and visiting territories not under Ukrainian control.
In the UGCC, the fire after the shelling of Moscow was called "the descent of the Holy Fire"
A cleric of the UGCC, Yustyn Boyko, decided to make a joke about the Holy Fire.
ECHR ordered Bulgaria to allow Jehovah's Witnesses to go door-to-door
The European Court of Human Rights found the ban on preaching in private homes to be a violation of the right to freedom of conscience.
Two historic Catholic churches burned down in France in one day
Fire destroyed the roof of a 17th-century chapel in Brittany and consumed archives in the cathedral of Condom.
UOC Metropolis challenges illegal decision of Kyiv Regional Council in court
The Kyiv Metropolis of the UOC has gone to court over a Regional Council resolution urging local authorities to assist in the transfer of UOC communities to other denominations.