OCU sets up a structure called “Pochaiv Lavra”
The OCU "Synod" headed by Dumenko. Photo: pomisna.info
On March 28, 2023, at a meeting of the OCU "Synod" chaired by Dumenko, "hierarchs" established a religious organization called "Pochaiv Holy Dormition Lavra of the Ternopil Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Orthodox Church of Ukraine), reports pomisna.info.
The report says that "Metropolitan" Nestor was appointed "priest-archimandrite" of the newly created OCU religious unit.
This is not the first clone monastery that Dumenko has set up: in May 2022, the OCU set up the "Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra" structure.
As reported, in January 2023, Epifaniy shared plans that after securing a foothold in the Kyiv Lavra, the OCU will throw all its forces into taking over the Pochaiv Lavra.
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