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Monks of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (primate - Metropolitan Onufry) are evicted from monasteries.
The reason is that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has its origins in the Russian Orthodox Church. And although from the first day of the war, the UOC condemned Russia’s military attack on Ukraine, while helping refugees and soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, it is still called the “Russian Church” in the media space and the authorities blackmail them with eviction if they do not go over to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
The Orthodox Church of Ukraine was artificially created by the authorities from schismatics and several defectors from the UOC with the support of Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in 2018. This was a violation of the Orthodox canons approved at the Ecumenical Councils in the 1st millennium.
The monks of the UOC do not want to risk saving their souls and moving to the OCU. For this they are persecuted, they began to be evicted from the monasteries. The largest monastery in Ukraine is the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. More than 200 monks live here. There are a little of monks in the OCU. OCU has approximately 60 monks for 50 monasteries (1-2 monks per monastery). The UOC has 4,500 monks. For the sake of appearance, the OCU can sometimes perform some kind of church services. But it will no longer be a monastery, but worship on the territory of the museum. Yes, and in violation of the canons. Thus, the Ukrainian government wants to evict the monks from the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra and turn it into a museum, and throw more than 200 monks into the street. Then they can evict the second largest monastery in Ukraine - the Pochaev Lavra, and so on.
The reason is that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has its origins in the Russian Orthodox Church. And although from the first day of the war, the UOC condemned Russia’s military attack on Ukraine, while helping refugees and soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, it is still called the “Russian Church” in the media space and the authorities blackmail them with eviction if they do not go over to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
The Orthodox Church of Ukraine was artificially created by the authorities from schismatics and several defectors from the UOC with the support of Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in 2018. This was a violation of the Orthodox canons approved at the Ecumenical Councils in the 1st millennium.
The monks of the UOC do not want to risk saving their souls and moving to the OCU. For this they are persecuted, they began to be evicted from the monasteries. The largest monastery in Ukraine is the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. More than 200 monks live here. There are a little of monks in the OCU. OCU has approximately 60 monks for 50 monasteries (1-2 monks per monastery). The UOC has 4,500 monks. For the sake of appearance, the OCU can sometimes perform some kind of church services. But it will no longer be a monastery, but worship on the territory of the museum. Yes, and in violation of the canons. Thus, the Ukrainian government wants to evict the monks from the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra and turn it into a museum, and throw more than 200 monks into the street. Then they can evict the second largest monastery in Ukraine - the Pochaev Lavra, and so on.
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