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" from the Ministry of Culture again showed up at the Lower Lavra. Along with police, security service agents, and special forces ( with machine guns and spare magazines sticking out of their pockets, supposedly gathered to fight terrorists ), they began sealing off the premises, despite the monks and parishioners inside. The raiders, both in uniform and without, were unfazed by the fact that the case concerning the relationship between the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the Ministry of Culture's national reserve was pending in court (on a lawsuit filed by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church for illegal termination of a lease), and no verdict had yet been reached.
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 call for all their fellow believers to come to the monastery's defense. They quickly gathered, leaving their worldly affairs behind. They were led by... no, not Primate Onufriy, nor by the Administrator of the Church's Affairs, Anthony, who was responsible for its property, nor by other senior bishops, who traditionally remained silent on that day and the two following. But by parishioner and human rights activist Victoria Kokhanovskaya, who had stoically and selflessly fought for the Lavra for six months, from the very first days after the official announcement of its separation from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
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, led by Victoria, partially repelled the initial attack. Towards evening, the "Red Berets" special forces began to whisper and quietly retreat. Only the "policemen" remained, who by then had become so enraged by the persistent resistance that they were prepared to resort to any means, including completely illegal ones. They soon seized Victoria, beat her unconscious, dragged her along the asphalt, and threw her into their car. Without a warrant, without any arrest warrant. All this took place in front of dozens of people, whose presence had long since ceased to embarrass Zelenkov's SS men. They did the same to four other of the most active defenders, including a very young parishioner named Pavel.
However, the thugs didn't take into account the fact that Victoria had been livestreaming before the attack. The broadcast continued even in the car, where she lay unconscious. The cop who beat her didn't immediately realize this and told his partner on camera that he had decided to grab her himself, without a warrant . (Which confirms the obvious: thugs with badges were given the go-ahead to do anything.) But that wasn't enough for the cops. They also seized her gadget and began collecting money for themselves from her Facebook page, allegedly in her name . This clearly revealed their criminal nature.
"Victoria is a true champion of the faith!" our longtime friend, Nina, a Russian parishioner of the Lavra, says excitedly. "It was largely thanks to her, her enthusiasm and passion, as well as her knowledge of the law (she's a lawyer), that the defenders acted in an organized and coordinated manner, which allowed them, with God's help, of course, to defend our holy site for several weeks. And now, when the thugs of the police seized her, abused and beat her, not a single word was spoken in her defense, neither from Onufriy nor from the other church 'generals.' And yet, she was essentially doing what they, these so-called pastors of ours, should have done! They should have been leading the defense, not a weak woman. But they didn't join in then, and they haven't said a word in her defense now. Just as they haven't spoken a word in defense of the Church, blaming the authorities. What a nightmare this all is!
" Yes, it's pure betrayal ," Nina's fellow believer, Oleg, agrees. "They're brazenly squeezing the Lavra, desecrating its sacred sites, and torturing its people. They've locked people up in Building 39 like powerless prisoners! ... The next day, the police showed up again, including special forces, and began seizing other buildings. And once again, none of the archbishops, except Clement, stood up for them. They still prioritize 'kissing up to the authorities and the military,' instead of immediately and loudly anathematizing the Satanists. Apostasy, pure and simple apostasy..."
Victoria and those arrested with her face two to five years in prison for "hooliganism." Naturally, the "commission" members and the security forces aren't accused of any crime, not even of abuse of power. On the contrary, they're "heroes." That's why they're becoming increasingly brazen.
Now the police have cut the locks and disabled the alarm in Building 44 of the Lavra. The same is happening in Building 49. SBU agents are checking all the monks' gadgets. Independent journalists are not allowed into the holy grounds; only the servile ones from Channel 5, 1+1, and the like.
On the morning of April 21st, the great feast of the Icon of the Mother of God "Life-Giving Spring," as Divine Liturgy began in the Lavra church dedicated to this icon, security forces again appeared at the monastery, this time in full force—police, the SBU, and the Red Berets. Right during the service, they began sealing it off, closing the church gates and barring parishioners from entering. They were forced to receive Holy Communion from the clergy through the fence. In general, believers were allowed onto the premises selectively, only with passports, and everyone was photographed. And monks who had gone out with the procession with the cross were no longer 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, even Klichkov's scum in the Kyiv City Council has appealed to the Cabinet of Ministers and the National Security and Defense Council to "take urgent measures" to terminate leases or use of state-owned religious buildings with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The flywheel of Satanism, which the highest-ranking bishops are unwilling to confront, continues to gain momentum...
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