On March 30, the Cabinet of Ministers invalidated the decree on the free use of the property of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra by the UOC MP. Therefore, the Lavra was returned to state management.
This was announced by the Minister of Culture Oleksandr Tkachenko.
"By a series of legal decisions, the management of the property of the Lavra was transferred to the state, because the state is the owner of these objects," the minister noted.
Tkachenko clarified that the government canceled Yanukovych-era order No. 519 dated July 11, 2013 "Issue of the transfer of buildings and structures of the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (menʼs monastery) of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to free use."
- On March 10, the National Reserve "Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra" sent a letter to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate about the termination of the lease agreement. Priests are asked to leave the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine announced that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Ukraine must vacate all the premises it rents in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra by March 29. The UOC MP stated that these demands have no legal basis.