Cathedral clash. Russian-affiliated priests refused to acknowledge the decision, claiming despite the expiration of the lease that they have the right to stay in the Lavra churches until the war ends.

Ukrainian Minister of Culture Oleksandr Tkachenko said Thursday that the Dormition Cathedral and the Refectory Church of the nearly 1,000-year-old ... exacerbated amid Russia's war in Ukraine.

Ukrainian Minister of Culture Oleksandr Tkachenko had said Thursday that the Dormition Cathedral and the Refectory Church of the widely revered nearly 1,000-year-old Pechersk Lavra — also known ...

Here: Panorama of the central part of Kharkiv with the Dormition Cathedral in center of Kharkiv, Ukraine, October 3, 2022 (Photo by Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via AP) ...

In one example, the Moscow Patriarchate church relinquished control of the Holy Dormition Cathedral to the government in January, and, on Sunday, Ukraine’s independent church held its first-ever ...

KYIV — On a frosty Saturday morning, several altar boys posed for group selfies next to the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Monastery complex in the Ukrainian capital. “It is for ...

Ukraine reclaims Kyiv cathedral amid church dispute Jan 5, 2023, 5:17 PM | Updated: Jan 6, 2023, 1:14 pm FILE - A monk and a woman walk inside the Pechersk Lavra monastic complex in Kyiv, Ukraine ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian government has taken the main cathedral of the revered historic monastery from the church previously affiliated with Moscow’s patriarchate and allowed its ...