Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian artillery has “destroyed” 113 churches during “the full-scale war” with Ukraine.
“There are also those that were built after 1991. Reconstruction of the Skete of All Saints of the Sviatohirsk Lavra began in 2001. June 10 would be another anniversary of the beginning of construction,” he said.
Earlier Saturday, it was reported All Saints Church in Sviatohirsk Lavra was “destroyed” by Russian shelling.
Zelensky noted in his address it is “not the first shelling of the Lavra,” and “three Lavra monks were killed by the Russian shelling on Wednesday. Worship services are forced to be held in the basement.”
According to the President, the sounds of incoming Russian artillery are “constant” in the Lavra.
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Zelensky pointed out Sviatohirsk Lavra “belongs to Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which is still considered in Moscow to be connected with the Russian Orthodox Church, but even this does not stop the Russian army.”
In the light of “the support of the Orthodox hierarchs in Russia for the aggression against Ukraine,” Zelensky called on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church “to draw conclusions.”
