The commission of the Ministry of Culture for the acceptance and transfer of state property was unable to start work in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra on March 30.
This was reported by the Minister of Culture Oleksandr Tkachenko.
The representatives of the commission were not given the keys to the building they were planning to inspect, and numerous believers and clergy prevented their work in every way. The Ministry of Culture wrote a statement to the police.
"Tomorrow, the commission will continue its work in any case," Tkachenko emphasized.
- On March 29, 2023, the settlers of the Holy Dormition Monastery of the UOC MP were supposed to vacate the territory of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. The Moscow Patriarchate stated that they consider this an "ultimatum", do not see any legal grounds in this and are not going to leave.
- On March 30, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate did not leave the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and held a service there.
- Meanwhile, Metropolitan Epiphany appointed Archimandrite Avraamiy, who transferred from the UOC-MP to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, as acting vicar of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.