On June 4, 2022, as a result of shelling, the wooden All Saints Skete of the Svyatogorsk Lavra Monastery caught fire.
Svyatogorsk Lavra belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) and is located near the city of Svyatogorsk, for which there are battles between Russian troops and the People's Militia of the Donetsk People's Republic on the one hand and Ukrainian troops on the other.
Who exactly shelled the monastery is unknown.
The parties blame each other.
On May 30, as a result of the shelling of the Svyatogorsk Lavra, 3 monks were killed.
The UOC and its supporters are subject to bans and repressions in Ukraine.
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Репресії в Україні /Repression of the left and dissenters in Ukraine The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) reported that on May 30, 2022, 2 buildings of the Svyatogorsk Lavra monastery were destroyed as a result of shelling. https://news.church.ua/2022/06/01/vid-bombarduvan-zaginuli-ta-poraneni-monaxi-svyatogirskoji-lavri/ Also…
