In Lavra police forbid to deliver food & water to people in sealed building
The police do not allow bread to be handed over. Photo: a video screenshot from the Telegram channel "Lavra Now"
In the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, the police prohibit delivering food and water to people who are inside a sealed building, reports a KDAiS student reported on his Telegram channel ‘PRAMIHA’.
"The second day of the Lavra’s complete blockade. We wanted to deliver bread and food to pilgrims who legally reside in their cells, but they are not allowed to bring any food, water, or medicine. A police officer standing behind me is preventing this, guarding so that no one enters there. I really don't know what to say. There are no words. I am proud of these defenders, Orthodox Christians who love the Orthodox Church, the Lavra, and the holy faith. Please, pray for them," said the KDAiS student.
On August 12th, the Telegram channel "Lavra Now" published a video showing police officers preventing the delivery of bread to people located in one of the blocked buildings (Building No. 58). As noted by the UOC press service, some monks of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra are registered in this building as well.
"The actions of the police actually indicate that the organizers of the unlawful sealing of the Lavra buildings probably regard starvation as one of the means of expelling Orthodox monks and believers from the buildings that are sealed unlawfully by the Reserve," comments the UOC press service.
As previously reported, the Reserve sealed two buildings of the Lavra together with the faithful inside.
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