The Dormition Cathedral and Feast Church of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra ... The new entity would not be formally subordinate to the Russian Orthodox Church. The Minister of Culture Alexander Tkachenko ...

Why it matters The Moscow Patriarchate did not merely retain control over the Lavra — it tried to turn it into an ideological base for Russian occupation. One of the key examples is the St ...

The priests refute the accusations. While the entire Lavra complex is state-owned, Russian-affiliated orthodox priests had rented the Dormition Cathedral and nearby Trapezna Church from the state ...

Ukrainian officials are cracking down on a branch of the Russian Orthodox Church that they ... two revered houses of worship — the Holy Dormition Cathedral and the Refectory Church — in ...

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Ukraine’s government on Thursday took over the administration of the Dormition Cathedral ... of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which formerly had ties with the Russian Orthodox Church.