Ukraine Orders Monks to Leave Kiev-Pechersk Lavra by July 4

Ukraine Orders Monks to Leave Kiev-Pechersk Lavra by July 4

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Ukrainian Culture Ministry has created a commission for sealing the premises of one of the most prominent Orthodox monasteries – Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, urging the monks of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) to vacate the compound before July 4, clerics’ legal adviser Nikita Chekman said on Saturday.

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