"Complex Pasts"

#9837084

1 April 2023

Believers and priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) pray during a temple blockade and obstruct the passage of a commission of the Ministry of Culture in the monastery complex of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, Ukraine, on march 31, 2023. Since March 29, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine has terminated the lease agreement for the premises of the monastery complex of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and demands from the priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).

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#9837086

1 April 2023

Believers and priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) pray during a temple blockade and obstruct the passage of a commission of the Ministry of Culture in the monastery complex of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, Ukraine, on march 31, 2023. Since March 29, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine has terminated the lease agreement for the premises of the monastery complex of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and demands from the priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).

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#9837088

1 April 2023

Believers and priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) pray during a temple blockade and obstruct the passage of a commission of the Ministry of Culture in the monastery complex of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, Ukraine, on march 31, 2023. Since March 29, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine has terminated the lease agreement for the premises of the monastery complex of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and demands from the priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).

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#9837092

1 April 2023

Believers and priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) pray during a temple blockade and obstruct the passage of a commission of the Ministry of Culture in the monastery complex of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, Ukraine, on march 31, 2023. Since March 29, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine has terminated the lease agreement for the premises of the monastery complex of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and demands from the priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).

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#9837094

1 April 2023

Believers and priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) pray during a temple blockade and obstruct the passage of a commission of the Ministry of Culture in the monastery complex of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, Ukraine, on march 31, 2023. Since March 29, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine has terminated the lease agreement for the premises of the monastery complex of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and demands from the priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).

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#9837096

1 April 2023

Believers and priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) pray during a temple blockade and obstruct the passage of a commission of the Ministry of Culture in the monastery complex of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, Ukraine, on march 31, 2023. Since March 29, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine has terminated the lease agreement for the premises of the monastery complex of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and demands from the priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).

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#9837098

1 April 2023

Believers and priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) pray during a temple blockade and obstruct the passage of a commission of the Ministry of Culture in the monastery complex of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, Ukraine, on march 31, 2023. Since March 29, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine has terminated the lease agreement for the premises of the monastery complex of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and demands from the priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).

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#9837100

1 April 2023

Believers and priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) pray during a temple blockade and obstruct the passage of a commission of the Ministry of Culture in the monastery complex of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, Ukraine, on march 31, 2023. Since March 29, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine has terminated the lease agreement for the premises of the monastery complex of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and demands from the priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).

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#9837102

1 April 2023

Believers and priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) pray during a temple blockade and obstruct the passage of a commission of the Ministry of Culture in the monastery complex of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, Ukraine, on march 31, 2023. Since March 29, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine has terminated the lease agreement for the premises of the monastery complex of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and demands from the priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).

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#9837112

1 April 2023

Believers and priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) pray during a temple blockade and obstruct the passage of a commission of the Ministry of Culture in the monastery complex of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, Ukraine, on march 31, 2023. Since March 29, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine has terminated the lease agreement for the premises of the monastery complex of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and demands from the priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).

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#9314714

14 December 2022

Man adds wood to the funeral pyre of a high-caste man of importance who is being cremated along the bank of the Bagmati River at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.

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#9314716

14 December 2022

Nepali police stand guard near the body of a high-caste man of importance along the bank of the Bagmati River as preparations are made for his cremation at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.

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#9314720

14 December 2022

Nepali police stand guard over the body of a high-caste man of importance along the bank of the Bagmati River as preparations are made for his cremation at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.

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#9314724

14 December 2022

Body of a high-caste man of importance on a stretcher along the bank of the Bagmati River as preparations are made for his cremation at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.

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#9314732

14 December 2022

A man prepares to light the funeral pyre of a high-caste man of importance along the bank of the Bagmati River at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.

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#9314736

14 December 2022

Body of an elderly man to be cremated along the bank of the Bagmati River at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.

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