Dispute Over The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Monastery

KYIV, UKRAINE – APRIL 4: Worshippers walk through the territory of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery on April 4, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. In March 2023, Ukraine terminated the lease agreement with the Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate for use of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and obliged the clergy to vacate all the rented premises of the Lavra by March 29 of the current year. Despite the need for the Russian-oriented clergy to leave the Lavra, monks can continue to stay and live on the territory of the Lavra - about 25 percent of the monks of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra have declared their intention to switch allegiance to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. (Photo by Oleg Pereverzev/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)