The Russian Orthodox Church, which blessed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, stood up for the ex-governor of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra Pavel after handing him a suspicion, in particular, because of the justification of Russian aggression.
The Russian Orthodox Church expressed the hope that Pavel “will be able to turn to international human rights structures, but there is less and less hope that they will help.” And the eviction of representatives of the UOC-MP from the Lavra in Moscow is considered “lawlessness” and “destruction of the Ukrainian Church.” Russian priests said that this church in Ukraine “carried out its ministry” in the shrines “for many centuries.” It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a source in the Russian Orthodox Church.
The transfer of Vladyka Pavel under house arrest has the simple and cynical purpose of preventing him from carrying out his ministry and preventing him from protecting those believers who intend to defend their rights, including the right to pray in their shrine, a representative of the Russian church said.
Recall, on April 1, the Security Service of Ukraine announced that they had reported the suspicion to the Metropolitan of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate Pavel Lebed. Investigators have collected a reasonable evidence base regarding the involvement of the former rector of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra in inciting religious hatred, justifying and denying Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine.
In the Shevchenkovsky District Court of Kyiv, a court session has already begun on choosing a measure of restraint for Metropolitan Pavel.
Source: RIA Novosti
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