"Bell over Russia": After a pro-Russian song in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, a priest was removed (video)

According to Bishop Paul's rector, the report that priests pray for the Russian Federation is false. Prayers for Ukraine, the Armed Forces and the President of the country sound at the Liturgy. The deputy of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra Bishop Paul (in peace Petro Dmitrovich Lebed) acknowledged that during one of the prayers, the parishioners performed the song "The bell floating, floating over Russia, and Mother Rus wakes up. " The priest reported this in the video.

According to Paul, a priest who led a prayer service, they have already been removed, and reports that they allegedly pray in the Lavra for the Russian Federation and so on are not true. "In the Liturgy, we pray to God for our state, our army, our president," the priest said, adding that the song mentioned is not a church and is considered secular. After this case, Father Zechariah, during the prayer of which the song sounded, was now removed from the prayers.

Another priest from the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate explained that the folk song was singing a "group of activists" and the priest did not hear her because he was occupied by parishioners. The spiritual cathedral must decide on punishment. We will remind that the SBU became interested in songs about Russia in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. The head of the department stated that it would not allow pro-Russian propaganda from the UOC during the war with the aggressor country.