Kiev Patriarchate and volunteers illegally occupy the Orthodox Assumption Cathedral of the Lavra and hold a 15-minute service
March 13, 2017 – On 11 March representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate (UOC-KP), accompanied by a group of volunteers in camouflage, occupied the Assumption Cathedral of the Holy Dormition Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, where they performed a service despite the protests of the clergy of the UOC, writes Patriots of Ukraine.
Representative of the UOC-KP, priest Dmitry, accompanied by 200 volunteers who participated in the service, came to the Cathedral on the pretext of visiting the National Kiev-Pechersk Historical and Cultural Reserve.
Two priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church attempted to prevent a 15-minute worship of the Kiev Patriarchate followers, however, as reported, “the activists asked not to interfere with the service.”
The radical group justified their provocation by the fact that the Assumption Cathedral is part of the reserve, which “belongs to the people of Ukraine.”