Lavra Reserve restricts access to documents for sake of national security
Ostapenko pointing to the centre of spirituality. Photo: Reserve’s Facebook
The Reserve "Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra" has decided to classify the documents "for the duration of martial law if the disclosure of information contained in such documents during the martial law may lead to negative consequences for the Reserve in the matter of supporting national security", as stated on the website of the Reserve.
The order was written by director Maksym Ostapenko "in connection with the potential threat to the centre of spiritual enlightenment of the Ukrainian people". He did not specify the documents in question.
Ostapenko complained about "constant systematic massive information attacks by representatives of the Moscow Patriarchate" and said he classified the documents "to maintain public order, to prevent disorder and to avoid threats or crimes, defending solely the interests of national security".
As earlier reported, Dumenko awarded the management of the Reserve as "benefactors of the monastery".
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