Ukraine: a decisive blow to the Moscow Patriarchate?
Ukraine: a decisive blow to the Moscow Patriarchate?
Author(s): Jadwiga Rogoża, Katarzyna Chawryło (Jarzyńska)
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Politics and religion, Eastern Orthodoxy, Peace and Conflict Studies, Russian Aggression against Ukraine
Published by: OSW Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich im. Marka Karpia
Keywords: Ukraine; Moscow Patriarchate; Lavra; UOC-MP; Russian invasion on Ukraine;
Summary/Abstract: 29 March 2023 marked the deadline for representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) to leave the Pechersk Lavra monastery complex in Kyiv, which they had been leasing. On 10 March the Ministry of Culture, which formally supervises the shrine, announced the termination of the agreement following a government audit which uncovered numerous irregularities there. Some of the clergy complied with the order, while another group headed by the lavra’s abbot, Metropolitan Pavlo (Lebid), refused. On 1 April, on the basis of a court ruling, the metropolitan was placed under house arrest for 60 days on charges of justifying the Russian attack on Ukraine. However, some monks still remain at the facility.
Series: OSW Commentary
- Page Count: 7
- Publication Year: 2023
- Language: English
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