Orthodox monks refuse to leave Kyiv monastery 

(30 Mar 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kyiv - 29 March 2023
1. Wide exterior of the Monastery of the Caves, also known as Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, one of the holiest sites of Eastern Orthodox Christians.
HEADLINE: Orthodox Monks refuse to leave Kyiv monastery
2. Vicegerent of the Lavra Metropolitan Pavel speaking to the people
ANNOTATION: Orthodox monks who’ve been ordered out of a monastery in Kyiv have refused to leave as a deadline to vacate the complex expired.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kyiv - 30 March 2023
3. Tracking of worshippers blocking access to monastery building
ANNOTATION: Worshippers gathered outside the building, intent on blocking access, after reports that the handover of the property would begin today.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kyiv - 29 March 2023
4. People listening
5. Ceiling of the church
ANNOTATION: The dispute over Ukraine’s most revered Orthodox site is part of a religious conflict in parallel with the war.
6. Tracking of people greeting Metropolitan Pavel as he walks through the crowd
ANNOTATION: The monks using the property belong to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church that's been accused of links to Russia.
7. Wide exterior of the Monastery of the Caves
ANNOTATION: But the site is owned by the Ukrainian government.
8. Wide of people praying.
9. Various of people praying
ANNOTATION: The agency overseeing the property notified the UOC earlier this month that, as of March 29, it was terminating the lease.
ANNOTATION: An abbot of the monastic complex told worshippers that the UOC would not leave the site pending the outcome of a lawsuit it filed against the eviction.
10. Tracking of people greeting Metropolitan Pavel as he walks through the crowd
11. Wide of police car outside monastery
STORYLINE:
Orthodox monks who've been ordered out of a monastery in Kyiv continued to resist leaving the site on Thursday, a day after a deadline to vacate the complex expired.
Worshippers could be seen outside the building, apparently intent on blocking access, after reports that the handover of the property would begin on Thursday. No attempts to evict the monks have yet been made.
The dispute over the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery, Ukraine's most revered Orthodox site, is part of a wider religious conflict playing out in parallel with the war.
The monks using the property belong to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which has been accused of links to Russia.
But the site is owned by the Ukrainian government, and the agency overseeing the property notified the UOC earlier this month that, as of March 29, it was terminating the lease.
Metropolitan Pavel, an abbot of the monastic complex, told worshippers on Wednesday that the UOC would not leave the site pending the outcome of a lawsuit it filed in a Kyiv court last week to stop the eviction.
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