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In Ukraine, Sviatohirsk Monastery, a spiritual front line between Kiev and Moscow

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The distant echo of the artillery sounds without pause, like a storm that recedes. The white facade of the Assumption Lavra in Sviatohirsk is covered with debris. A part of the roof was torn off by the bombs. Considered one of the three holiest sites in Ukraine for Orthodox believers, this landmark monastery on the right bank of the Seversky Donets River found itself in the heart of Ukraine’s eastern war zone. Ukraine for several months until Ukrainian forces pushed back the Russian army. in a spectacular counterattack in mid-September. In more than five months of intense fighting, the monastery’s 200 monks have been torn between their allegiance to Ukraine and their allegiance to the Moscow Patriarchate, which has staunchly supported Vladimir Putin since the offensive began on February 24… the front line was riddled with spiritual rifts…

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