Video with songs about Russia in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra turns out to be fake
The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. Photo: screenshot facebook.com/mykhailo.omelian
The public organization "Myriany" has refuted a fake, published on the Facebook page by the "priest" of the OCU Mykhailo Omelian, that allegedly in one of the temples of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra visitors heard the choir singing a song about "awakening Russia" and "Mother Rus’".
"Today, many TG channels published a video in which the following words are heard but not seen being sung by the choir in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra: ‘Ringing of the bells rises over Russia'. What is this? A song based on Nina Borodai’s lyrics, 2004, where there are no such words but there is: "Ringing of the bells rises into the blue sky". So, the first thing to note is that this is an altered song. You do not need to be a sound engineer to notice that the video and sound are somehow different. But that is not the main point. It is very easy to check – in a live broadcast from the Lavra. There is no such thing there. If you find it, send it to me. And now about the main thing. The source of the video is a priest of the OCU, which threatens Ukrainian authorities with protests if they are not given our Lavra. It is known that the last time they were told that there are more monks in the Kyiv Lavra of the UOC than in the whole OCU, which means that there is simply no one to transfer the Lavra to. Therefore, we believe that this video is just a fake," “Myriany” noted.
After the video went viral in multimillion public posts, the NGO “Myriany” turned to the TG channel “Ukraine Online” and told them that it was a fake.
"After our appeal, they added to their post that 'apparently this video was shot in one of the Russian temples'," the organization added and urged believers to be active and contact the admins of other resources to prevent the spread of the fake against the UOC.
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