Moscow-linked Church declares that Kyiv monastery churches belong to it until end of war and threatens criminal liability

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) has stated that during martial law, lease agreements for two churches on the territory of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (the Monastery of the Caves in Kyiv) will be automatically extended until the end of the war, and threatened criminal liability for the admission of Metropolitan Epiphanius, the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), to the territory of the shrine. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/01/6/7383768/