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The Pochayiv Lavra stated they contribute to the work of the Ministry of Culture commission, since the Church is interested in the proper preservation of the Orthodox shrine. The head of the commission of the Ministry of Culture for the inspection of the monastery, Olga Rutkovskaya, said that the commission and the fire service have some comments to the brethren of the monastery about the improper maintenance of the monastery. "There are remarks, which are now being documented, from the members of the commission who checked fire safety. It has its own requirements that must be followed. We have comments related to modern repairs. All they need to be documented... We are waiting for copies of these documents. You must understand that it was a long time ago but we want to make sure that all the documents exist." 🤔 "Modern repairs"?! Sorry, but where are the state repairs, if the authorities claim their rights to what they have never built? In addition, officials inspect and inventory not only real estate. "We are interested in the preservation of not only the buildings themselves, but also the condition of icons, iconostases, everything that is part of the monument. It has its own detailed description. We are interested in the condition of the territory of the complex, the oldest part of the Lavra. It is inextricably linked to the objects that we have to review." 🤦Ministry of Culture, firefighters, before that there was the Security Service of Ukraine. Who is next to "nightmare" the UOC monastery? The work of the commission will last until June 29. #illegal_prosecution #freedomforUOC #religious_discrimination #truth_about_Ukraine Source of the info. Subscribe to Voice of Orthodox Ukraine, know truth about human rights and religious politics in Ukraine

The UOC hierarch said that he does not have the status of a war prisoner, he does not admit his guilt and "wants to continue working for the good of Ukraine." Vladyka was charged under a political article on "justification, recognition as legitimate, denial of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation... etc." We have already written about the falsified, "evidence" by SBU and the bishop's defense talked about it. On March 19, the bishop had a stroke. Society was shocked when, in the summer of 2023, the head of the Tulchin diocese was sentenced to 5 years in prison with confiscation. On June 18, 2024, the Vinnytsia Court of Appeal upheld this verdict. How this news is presented by the anti-church media? For example, Glavkom reported it as follows: "The Metropolitan of the Moscow Church under arrest did not wait for Russia's help and swore an oath to Ukraine. The current head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill, ordained Anatoly Yeletskikh a hieromonk in 1978 It seems to us that the devils of Glavkom did not manage to wait Putin, and now they are trying to pretend to be journalists and patriots with their shameful lies and manipulations. #freedomforUOC #religious_discrimination #truth_about_Ukraine Source of the info. Subscribe to Voice of Orthodox Ukraine, know truth about human rights and religious politics in Ukraine

On June 19, 2024, at 11:40 a.m., the Sloviansk City District Court of the Donetsk region will hold a preparatory court hearing to consider the indictment against the abbot of the Holy Dormition Sviatogorsk Lavra, Sviatogorsk Metropolitan Arseny . This is the first hearing at which the court will consider the case. The hearing will also decide the issue of further restraint, because on Saturday, June 22, 60 days of detention in the pre-trial detention center, appointed by the court in Dnipro on April 25, will pass. Dear brothers and sisters, we ask for your holy prayers! According to the decision of the court panel, cases are considered remotely, with the exception of some court hearings held in courtrooms. Therefore, free listeners will not be able to take part in this meeting and support Vladyka. It is clear why the case against the UOC hierarch of the UOC will not be such an exception and will pass as much as possible without publicity. #illegal_prosecution #freedomforUOC #religious_discrimination #truth_about_Ukraine Source of the info. Subscribe to Voice of Orthodox Ukraine, know truth about human rights and religious politics in Ukraine

An American lawyer for the UOC reminded of the real situation in Ukraine, where the SBU imprisons Orthodox priests and journalists on false charges. Robert Amsterdam, head of the international human rights firm Amsterdam & Partners LLP, responded to President Volodymyr Zelensky's thanks to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew for "strengthening Orthodoxy in Ukraine" during the "Peace Summit" in Switzerland. The lawyer wrote on his X that this is the most insulting level of hypocrisy. "To utter such a statement at the same moment the SBU is jailing priests and journalists on false charges, seizing and demolishing churches, and terrorizing the faithful because of their beliefs - it is the most insulting level of hypocrisy," he emphasized. #freedomforUOC #religious_discrimination #truth_about_Ukraine Source of the info. Subscribe to Voice of Orthodox Ukraine, know truth about human rights and religious politics in Ukraine

The UOC hierarch did not admit his guilt. On June 18, the Vinnytsia Court of Appeal upheld the first-instance court's sentence, according to which the head of the Tulchyn Eparchy, Metropolitan Jonathan (Yeletskikh), was sentenced to five years of imprisonment with confiscation of property, reports Vinnitsia.info. The UOC hierarch was found guilty of justifying, recognizing as lawful, and denying the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, and glorifying its participants. The sentence of the Vinnytsia City Court dated August 7, 2023, which found Anatoliy Ivanovich Yeletskikh guilty of committing crimes under Part 2 of Article 161, Part 3 of Article 436-2, Part 3 of Article 15, Part 2 of Article 109, Part 3 of Article 15, and Part 1 of Article 110 of the Criminal Code, was left unchanged. The appellate court's decision comes into force from the moment it is announced and can be appealed to the Cassation Criminal Court of the Supreme Court of Ukraine within 3 months from the date of its announcement. The full text of the court decision will be announced on June 21, 2024, at 15:00. #illegal_prosecution #freedomforUOC #religious_discrimination #truth_about_Ukraine Source of the info. Subscribe to Voice of Orthodox Ukraine, know truth about human rights and religious politics in Ukraine