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Court dismisses UOC-MP's claim for eviction from Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

Nadiya DanyshchukLife
Court dismisses UOC-MP's claim for eviction from Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

The Kyiv Commercial Court has refused to secure the claim of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) against the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve to invalidate the unilateral termination of the agreement on the free use of religious buildings and other property.

This was announced by the Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko on his Telegram channel, publishing the court decision of March 28. The UOC-MP wanted the court to invalidate the decision of the reserve to terminate the agreement on the use of the buildings and facilities of the Lavra and to continue its stay there.

Since the court did not satisfy the UOC-MP's application, its representatives have no legal grounds to stay on the territory of the monastery.

Tkachenko said that the management of the Lavra's property has now been transferred to the state. The government has invalidated the Yanukovych-era order to transfer the monastery's facilities to the UOC-MP.

"The government has just recognised as invalid the order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of July 11, 2013, no. No. 519 "On the transfer of buildings and structures to the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra ( a men's monastery) of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church for free use".

By a number of legal decisions, the management of the Lavra's property was transferred to the state, as the state is the owner of these facilities," the minister wrote.

Earlier this month, the Kyiv Cave Monastery Reserve announced the unilateral termination of the agreement with the UOC (MP) on the lease of the territory and buildings effective from March 29. The Ministry of Culture demands that representatives of the UOC vacate the buildings on the reserve's balance sheet. This, in particular, concerns the Lower Lavra, where the monastery is located.

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