The OCU Synod created a religious organization in the Pochaiv Lavra and appointed its archimandrite

The OCU Synod formed a religious organization in the Pochaiv Lavra, which is currently leased from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The decision of the OCU Synod was adopted on March 28.

"As part of the Ternopil Diocese of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, the religious organization "Pochaiv Holy Dormition Lavra of the Ternopil Diocese of the OCU" was formed, the message reads.

Metropolitan Nestor of Ternopil and Kremenets was approved as a sacred archimandrite.

The meeting of the Synod took place on March 28 in the residence of the head of the OCU at the Mykhailivskyi Zolotoverkhi Cathedral. Nine members took part in it.

• The Pochaiv Lavra was leased to the UOC MP in 2003, this contract is valid until 2052. The Pochaiv Lavra complex includes 18 buildings, six of which are on the balance sheet of the Kremenets-Pochaiv state historical and architectural reserve. In February 2023, the head of the Ternopil Regional Council Mykhailo Holovko reported on the first meeting of the working group studying the legality of using the complex of the Pochaiv Holy Assumption Lavra of the UOC MP.