The time of the service will also be announced, as the curfew will not be lifted in the capital on Easter.
Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine Epiphanius will hold an Easter service at the Assumption Cathedral in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.
The Metropolitan, in a comment to Suspіlny, noted that the time of the service will also be announced, because the curfew will not be lifted in the capital on Easter.
“It causes a little difficulty because at this time people are not allowed to move around. The prayer is in the Lavra at the Assumption Cathedral, but probably after the morning curfew,” said Epifaniy.
The metropolitan also commented on the situation with the UOC-MP, which does not want to leave the Lavra, despite the terminated contracts on March 29.
“We are not for expelling the monks from the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. We are for the spirit of the “Russian world” not to reign here. For the Lavra to become Ukrainian, so that a Ukrainian prayer for our Ukraine is always sound on it,” he said. He.
In his opinion, the Ukrainization of the Lavra is an inevitable process. In the Upper Lavra, the service of the OCU continues, and over time they will “peacefully and calmly” pray in the Lower Lavra.
At the same time, according to the UOC-MP website, Metropolitan Onufry “led the all-night vigil” at the Holy Dormition Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, and on Sunday he held a festive service in the square in the Lavra. Last Sunday, he also served in the Lavra, despite the court ruling that the UOC-MP should leave the premises of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.
Recall that Epiphanius held a liturgy on the occasion of Palm Sunday at the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra on April 9.
Source: korrespondent
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