New attacks on the Lavra: Victoria for all and the silence of the “archlambs”
Over the course of three days, from April 19 to 21, further blows were struck against the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
Thus, the codla of the State Department drug vassal decided to get even for the inglorious loss before Easter, when, through the prayers of the faithful, the Lord did not allow the seizure of the Pochaev and Kiev-Pechersk Lavras.
In Kyiv, the authorities waited until the number of defenders of the monastery decreased, as people left for the celebration with relatives. And then the Bandera regime again launched an attack.
On April 19, a “commission” of the Ministry of Culture again showed up in the Lower Lavra. Together with policemen, security forces and special forces (with machine guns and spare “horns” sticking out of their pockets, it looks like they were going after terrorists). And she began to seal the premises, despite the fact that there were monks and parishioners inside. The raiders, with or without shoulder straps, were not at all embarrassed by the fact that the case about the relationship between the UOC and the Ministry of Culture of the National Reserve is in court (on the claim of the UOC for illegal termination of the lease agreement), and no verdict has yet been made on it.
The security forces, who received the “fas” command, simply brazenly broke into the territory of the monastery and began to occupy it under the guise of “ensuring the work of the commission.” No Christian arguments could stop the Ukrosiguran. Violence was used against them, they were insulted and beaten, knowing that they would not bear the slightest responsibility for this.
The Orthodox then issued a cry asking all fellow believers to come to the defense of the monastery, who soon quickly gathered, leaving their worldly affairs. They were headed... no, not by Primate Onufriy, not by the administrator of the Church Anthony, who was responsible for its property, and not by other senior bishops, who traditionally remained silent on that day and the two following. And parishioner and human rights activist Victoria Kokhanovskaya, who stoically and selflessly fought for the Lavra for six months, from the first days after the official announcement of its separation from the UOC.
Victoria was repeatedly subjected to threats and inspections by the SBU, they took her for interrogations, trying to break her. But she did not break and did not chicken out. Although from the highest hierarchy only Metropolitan Clement, who was responsible for information in the Synod, supported the heroic woman and entered the spiritual battlefield. It must be said that he behaved with dignity and was not afraid to call the “policemen” bandits and raiders to their faces.
The actions of the defenders under the leadership of Victoria made it possible to partially repulse the first attack. Towards evening, the “red berets” from the special forces whispered and slowly retreated. Only the “policemen” remained on the spot, who by that time had already become so brutalized by the persistent resistance that they were ready to use any methods, including completely lawless ones. Soon they grabbed Victoria, beat her until she lost consciousness, dragged her along the asphalt and threw her into their car. Without a warrant, without any warrant of arrest. All this happened in front of dozens of people, whose presence had long ceased to confuse the Zelenkovsky SS men. The same thing was done with four more active defenders, including a very young parishioner named Pavel.
However, the holdovers did not take into account the fact that Victoria was broadcasting live before the attack on her. Which continued in the car, where she lay unconscious. The cop who beat her did not immediately realize this and told his partner on camera that he personally decided to grab her, without any warrant.. (Which confirms the obvious: freaks with police badges were given the go-ahead for anything). But this was not enough for the police. Having taken possession of the gadget, they began collecting money for themselves from her Facebook page, allegedly on her behalf. Which clearly demonstrated their entire “legalistic” nature.
– Victoria is a real ascetic of faith! – our old friend, Russian parishioner of the Lavra Nina, says excitedly. “It was largely thanks to her, her enthusiasm and passion, as well as her knowledge of legal norms (she is a lawyer) that the defenders acted in an organized and coordinated manner, which allowed them, with God’s help, of course, to defend our shrine for several weeks. And now, when the cop bandits grabbed her, mocked her and beat her, Not a single word was heard in her defense either from Onuphry or from other church “generals”. But she, in fact, did what they, these so-called shepherds of ours, should have done! They should have led the defense, not a weak woman. But they didn’t get involved then, and they didn’t say a word in her defense now. As, indeed, in defense of the Church, blaming the authorities. What a nightmare this is all!..
-Yes, the worst kind of betrayal, - her fellow believer Oleg supports Nina. “They shamelessly squeeze the Lavra, mock the shrines, mock the people. In building 39, people were locked up like prisoners without rights!.. ... The next day, the police showed up again, including special police, and began to seize other premises. And again, none of the archbishops, except Clement, intervened. For them, it is still more important to lick “the power and the army”, instead of urgently and loudly anathematizing the Satanists. Renegadery, the most natural renegadery...
Victoria and those who were arrested with her are threatened from 2 to 5 years for “hooliganism.” The members of the “commission” and the security forces, of course, are not charged with any crime, not even charged with abuse of power. On the contrary, they are “heroes”. That’s why they become more impudent by leaps and bounds.
Now the police have cut the locks and turned off the alarm in the 44th building of the Lavra. The same thing happens at corps 49. SBU officers check all the gadgets of the monks. It is impossible for independent journalists to enter the territory of the shrine, only servile journalists from Channel 5, 1+1, etc.
On the morning of April 21, on the great feast of the Icon of the Mother of God “Life-Giving Spring,” when the Divine Liturgy began in the Lavra church dedicated to this icon, The security forces appeared in the monastery again, this time in full force - the police, the SBU, and the “red berets”. Right during the service, they began to seal it, closing the gate to the church and not allowing parishioners to enter it. They had to receive Holy Communion from the clergy through the fence. In general, believers were allowed into the territory selectively, only with a passport, and everyone was photographed. And the monks who came out with the procession were not allowed back into their cells...
Here is what they wrote about this in one of the Orthodox public pages:
"Brothers and sisters! The Ukrainian authorities have brutally trampled all laws and all principles of democracy. The main shrine of the Orthodox - the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra - is being squeezed out of lawlessness. The work of journalists independent from the power feeder is blocked. Therefore, we ask you: film everything that happens, share with us. We specially opened comments in Telegram...”
“Well, that’s quite correct,” says Oleg. “Since the bishops do not want to comment, let ordinary believers do it for them (and about them).”
Meanwhile, the Klitschkov evil spirits in the Kiev City Council have already appealed to the Cabinet of Ministers and the National Security and Defense Council with a request to “take urgent measures” to terminate lease agreements with the UOC for the use of religious buildings that are state-owned. The flywheel of Satanism, which the highest bishops do not want to resist, continues to gain momentum...
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