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Another coronavirus hike reported in Russian-backed church HQ in Kyiv

Over the past day, 17 news cases were confirmed.

22:40, 06.05.2020

Ukrainians ask Zelensky to transfer Kyiv Lavra to Orthodox Church of Ukraine

The petition was signed by over 26,000 people.

22:20, 29.04.2020

UOC-MP representative denies reports all Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra priests contract COVID-19

Only three or four persons are in hospital now.

09:20, 27.04.2020

Opposition Platform MP Novynsky says he tests positive for coronavirus

He claims he has no symptoms but went to the hospital.

23:58, 15.04.2020

Zelensky: Almost 100 Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monks test positive for COVID-19

The president calls on Ukrainians to stay home on Orthodox Easter.

21:45, 14.04.2020

Kyiv Pechersk Lavra shut down for quarantine as coronavirus hotbed (Photo)

Of 79 coronavirus cases recorded in Kyiv over the past day, 63 patients are Lavra-based clerics.

14:00, 13.04.2020

Moscow-backed church in Kyiv comments on monk's death, hushes down coronavirus diagnosis

The press service briefly notes pneumonia as the cause of death.

09:40, 13.04.2020

Head of stricken Kyiv monastery says underestimated gravity of coronavirus – Reuters

Pavel and the Moscow Patriarchate said last month that coronavirus was a result of human sin and could be fought with hugs, prayers and fasting.

16:30, 10.04.2020

Coronavirus hits headquarters of Russia-backed church in Kyiv – media

The so-called Moscow Patriarchate is known to have opposed social distancing.

22:00, 09.04.2020

Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra closed for quarantine, monks pass tests for coronavirus

All services will be held behind closed doors.

12:41, 06.04.2020

Forbes: Kyiv among best underrated capital cities you need to put on your bucket list

Often referred to as the "City of Golden Domes," Kyiv is the mother of Eastern Slavic civilization.

22:15, 06.01.2020

Russian church leader hopes to visit Ukraine

Patriarch Kirill visited Ukraine annually before 2014.

13:35, 31.01.2019

"Violence off table": Moscow's Patriarchate temples to be handed to OCU according to law, Filaret says

The Verkhovna Rada has earlier approved a mechanism for the transition of parishes.

11:40, 21.01.2019

Police detain suspect of arson attack on Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra's premises (Photo)

A man is facing up to 10 years in prison.

14:43, 15.01.2019

Fire breaks out at Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra premises (Photo, video)

At 20:07 Kyiv time, the fire was put out.

18:40, 14.01.2019

Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra inventory reveals several Orthodox icons disappear – Minister

Criminal proceedings were opened after inventory reconciliation.

09:00, 09.01.2019

Vicar of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra to be summoned to testify as witness in "inciting hatred" probe

SBU security service investigators will question Pavel in the coming days.

19:10, 18.12.2018

Vicar of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra lands up on Ukraine's Myrotvorets database (Photo, video)

He was included in the database after the publication of a video where he threatens with "God's curse" to those who will dare to return Kyiv Pechersk Lavra to the Ukrainian church.

09:51, 21.09.2018

Only community to decide religious property issues once autocephaly granted to Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Poroshenko's adviser

The state will not allow provocations in determining the right to ownership over the Kyiv-Pechersk and Pochayiv Lavras.

19:50, 02.08.2018

Patriarch Filaret: Kyiv Pechersk Lavra to belong to Ukraine's new Orthodox Church, independent of Russia

Filaret said it is unnatural for Ukrainian shrines to be managed by a Moscow-controlled church.

11:55, 14.06.2018

Picket set up outside Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra against certain practices by UOC of Moscow Patriarchate

A rally has unfolded outside the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, as reported by a Ukrainian public organization C14.

22:40, 08.01.2018