Source: OCU "abbot" enters His Beatitude’s residence in the Lavra

Broken seal on the doors of Metropolitan Onuphry’s residence in the Lavra. Photo: UOJ

On August 14, 2023 "acting abbot of the Lavra" from the OCU, Avraamiy Lotysh tore off the seals of the reserve and entered the 70th building of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, which is the residence of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry, the monks of the monastery told the UOJ.

Lotysh was accompanied by about 10 seminarians from the Theological Academy of the OCU. According to sources, Dumenko's seminarians are taking out tables and chairs, the property of the UOC. All this takes place under the police guard. There are no comments from representatives of the reserve regarding these actions of the Dumenko structure.

Also, there is garbage – packs of cigarettes and empty plastic bottles near Building 70 of the Lavra.

Earlier, the UOJ wrote that the commission of the Ministry of Culture broke down the doors to the residence of the Primate of the UOC in the Lavra.

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