![]() ![]() Several apartments were reported to have been damaged by Russian missiles Image: STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE/REUTERS ![]() The monks have been ordered to vacate the monastery, but refused eviction. A contract to use the upper part of the complex, which is located in the hills along the Dnipro River, expired at the beginning of the year and was not renewed.Īnother contract for use of the medieval lower portion of the complex was terminated prematurely by the Ukrainian government in March. The Kyiv Monastery of the Caves is owned by the Ukrainian state but has been managed by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church since the late 1980s. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has close historic ties to Moscow and was formally a branch of the Russian Orthodox Church but severed official ties with Moscow in the wake of Russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The monastery complex, which dates to the 11th century, is among the most important religious cites in Ukraine and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Three buildings, including the residence of the leader of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, have been sealed by museum authorities, Ukrainian Minister of Culture Oleksandr Tkachenko announced on Thursday in a Telegram post. Ukrainian authorities have blocked monks from accessing parts of Kyiv's Monastery of the Caves as part of an ongoing dispute over control of the world-renowned religious complex.
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