Editorial photo #9825696 Religion and Belief
Believers And Priest Of Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) Pray Outside A Church During A Service In The Compound Of The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra Monastery
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 29, 2023. Ukraine's Ministry of Culture released a statement on 10 March 2023 saying that the National Reserve 'Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra' sent a warning to the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) about the termination of a July 2013 agreement on the free use of religious buildings and other property that is owned by the state by a religious organization, adding that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church must vacate the state-owned premises it leases on monastery grounds by 29 March (Photo by Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto)