Court to hear Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra's appeal against monks' eviction decision
The gates to the Lower Lavra. Photo: lavra.ua
On December 21, 2023, at 11:00, the Northern Appellate Economic Court (1 Sholudenko Street, Kyiv) will consider the appellate complaint of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra against the decision of the first-instance court regarding the eviction of monks from the Lower Lavra. This was announced in his Telegram channel by the lawyer of the monastery, Archpriest Nikita Chekman.
"We ask for your support, we ask for holy prayers," he addressed the believers. "With God's help, we will withstand these trials. May the Lord help us through the prayers of His holy servants!"
As reported by the UOJ, on August 10, 2023, the Economic Court of Kyiv granted the National Reserve "Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra" lawsuit against the monastery and allowed the expulsion of monks from the monastery.
Read also
Montenegrin cleric: The OCU is not canonical, it has no apostolic succession
Archpriest Slobodan Zeković emphasized that the absence of apostolic succession cannot be remedied by any decree.
Montenegrin priest: UOC today is the most persecuted Church in the world
According to Fr. Slobodan Zeković, it is especially painful for Orthodox believers to hear about the situation surrounding one of the greatest Orthodox shrines in the whole world – the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
Contrary to Tomos: OCU creates church structure in Czech Republic
Moreover, the Orthodox Church in the Czech Lands and Slovakia has not recognized the OCU as canonical, therefore any of its activities on the territory of the OCCLS is illegal.
Kyiv District head: Orthodoxy hinders the country's development
Maksym Bakhnatov believes that the "all-encompassing love" inherent in Orthodoxy negatively affects the country's development.
In Mynkivtsi, Rivne region, OCU activists preparing to seize UOC church
Raiders of the OCU have a registered legal entity in the village, but have never gathered for their rituals, local residents say.
In Kyiv Theological Schools, monastic tonsure performed
The newly tonsured monk, the KDA teacher, received the name Nektary after Saint Nektarios of Aegina.