On March 10th, the letter of the National Kyiv-Caves Lavra Preserve has been promulgated towards the Kyiv-Caves Monastery with the demand to the monks to move out of the walls of the Orthodox sanctuary.

With regard to the circumstances around the Kyiv-Caves Monastery, the Vicegerent and the brethren of the Kyiv-Caves Lavra turned to the Ukrainian people and to those holding state powers with the appeal to remind about the renaissance of the ancient Monastery since 1988, which has been locked down in the times of the atheistic rulers exactly 62 years ago from now.

“We are grateful to the God for His great mercy that He allowed us to dwell in the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Caves Lavra, – His Eminence Pavel admitted. – Grateful for all those who helped and now help us preserve the sanctuary for the contemporaries and descendants. We came here to devote all our life to serving the God in prayers and serving the people. In the darkest hour of the ordeal for our state, we pray that the God saves Ukraine.

I believe and hope that we will be heard and the God giving peace and rest will save the state for us, and us in this state and in the Church.”

For the Orthodox parish abroad, the appeal of the brethren was recorded in the English and Romanian languages.