Authorities Seal Buildings 69 and 71 at Perchersk Lavra Caves as Armed Men Assault and Harass Orthodox Christains. Authorities Used Power Tools to Vandalize Doors at the Holy Site.
The Ministry of Culture and armed law enforcement officers detained Christians while shutting buildings of the Christian Holy Site to prevent Ukrianians from worshipping God.
Religious terror has continued in Ukraine. As Zelensky announced postponement of elections and conscription accelerates throughout Ukraine, young men with rifles and guns descended upon the Perchersk Lavra Caves on July 6, 2023 to seal buildings at the Christian Holy Site. Perhaps the true Ukrianian patriot is a man armed with a rifle who attacks unarmed women whose male family members are fighting the Russian invaders as OCU members disrupt funerals of fallen Ukrianian Orthodox soliders.
Photos and videos are from Union of Orthodox Journalists is the illegal activities of the Ministry of Culture and armed state actors who colluded to violate state and international religious rights and used force to infringe upon basic human rights.
A summary from OrthoChristian.com of the Ministry of Culture sealing buildings at the Perchersk Lavra Caves:
Orthodox Christian came to the Perchersk Lavra to protect the shrines and peacefully pray. Armed men dragged and assaulted Christian women and men.
Ukrainian Christains were shoved and antagonized by an individual in civilian clothing claiming to be a law enforcement officer:
A large number of armed men, somehow evading conscription, arrived to assist the Ministry of Culture while engaging in the crime of religious enmity (Article 161 of Ukraine’s criminal code):
Police detained and assaulted male and female Ukrainian Christians at the Perchersk Lavra Caves:
The Ministry of Culture and state actors locked and sealed buildings 69 and 72 at the Perchersk Lavra Caves. The individuals vandalized the Holy Site by using power tools to damage the doors and door frames:
The Union of Orthodox Journalists created a short video summarizing the events at the Perchersk Lavra Caves on July 6, 2023, which includes actions by state agents of Ukraine that violate Article 161 (Ukraine criminal code), the Ukrainian Constitution, and UN Charter rights:
A door that was vandalized and sealed by the Ministry of Culture:
A Bulgarian Orthodox priest shouted “Anathema Zelenksy! Anathema Satanists” at Zelensky's motorcade in Sofia as a police officer assaults him:
After buildings were sealed at the Lavra, a storm arrived in Kyiv. Lightning and thunder soon left parts of Kyiv battling rising water levels:
In March 1961, athiest communist Khrushchev oversaw the expulsion of monks at the Lavra. A deadly and destructive flood occurred shortly after.