Bill on transfer of Kyiv-Pechersk & Pochaiv Lavras to OCU submitted to Rada

People's deputy from the “Servant of the People” faction Andriy Bohdanets registered in the Verkhovna Rada draft resolution No. 8012 on the appeal of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on the transfer of the Pochaiv Dormition Lavra and the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra to the OCU for free use.

If the bill is adopted, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine must inform the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine about the implementation of this resolution within three months.

As previously reported, the Legal Department stated that the OCU has no right to claim the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.

Read also

UOC Temple Seized by OCU and Local Police in Khmelnytsky

The Holy Resurrection Church (UOC) is the latest temple seized by activists of the OCU and various ultra-nationalist groups.

Andrew Shultz says Orthodoxy is the One True Church

In a recent interview with noted Biblical Scholar Wesley Huf, Andrew Shultz pressed him on the claims of the Orthodox Church.

Texas Turns on the Establishment: Ukraine War Splits the GOP’s Strongest State

Senator John Cornyn, a Bush-era hawk and symbol of Republican orthodoxy, faces a political earthquake as Trump-aligned Ken Paxton surges ahead in the polls.

ROCOR nun to teach at OCU academy

Vassa Larin will become a lecturer at the Department of Church-Practical Disciplines at an OCU educational institution.

Archaeologists "Discover" Jesus’ Tomb (Right Where It’s Always Been)

Excavations at Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre reaffirm what Christians have claimed for centuries

ROCOR Synod Responds to so-called "Food Sensitive Eucharist."

The statement was made during a regular meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia on May 9th, 2025.