Schismatic cleric uses fake video to instigate state investigation of Kiev Caves Lavra

Kiev, November 14, 2022

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On Saturday, November 12, Mykhailo Omelian, a “priest” of the schismatic “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” posted a video supposedly from the Holy Dormition-Kiev Caves Lavra that has led to an official investigation from the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU).

The video shows people singing a prayer for Russia in one of the Lavra churches, Omelian claims, referring to the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church as “the ‘church’ of the occupier” and a traitor to Ukraine.

The situation demands a response, said the press service of the SBU, which is “already studying all the details of the incident.”

The SBU and National Police are working to establish the authenticity of the video, Minister of Culture and Information Policy Alexander Tkachenko said. “Further actions and consequences will depend on this. If the video is authentic, we call for immediate procedural action against the leaders of the UOC.”

And as Protodeacon Andrei Palchuk of the Odessa Diocese of the canonical Church explains, the video is clearly a fake, with unrelated audio imposed upon the footage.

“Every video has metadata—when it was shot, what date, and if the video was changed is also indicated. With this video, the metadata shows that it was changed with a video editor on November 12 at 10:47 PM. The video shows people in the church, and outside it’s clearly daytime,” the protodeacon said.

The video was clearly edited later and immediately posted to all the outlets where there are “millions of subscribers who serve the interests of the OCU and the previous president.” But “it’s a cheap fake,” the cleric says.

Lawyer Victoria Kohanovskaya announced yesterday that she had filed a statement with the police, calling for an investigation into the schismatic cleric for inciting religious enmity.

Recall that the Synod of the schismatic OCU created its own “brotherhood” of the Kiev Caves Lavra on paper in May and is actively trying to take at least one church away from the canonical Lavra.

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11/14/2022

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Comments
Editor11/15/2022 1:58 pm
Herman: We are not going to open your last comment, because what you stated in it is untrue. The metropolitan in the video says only that we pray in the Lavra for our country, for peace, and that they have not made prayers for the Russia land--as the fake video supposedly shows. He refutes that video. This intentional obfuscation on your part puts all your comments under suspicion.
Afanassy11/14/2022 8:21 pm
We must be careful not to jump to conclusions before the SBU's analysis is done. Most videos on YouTube are edited and "cleaned" a bit before publishing, but that does not make them "fake". So, let's see what happens... ===============
Ava11/14/2022 5:58 pm
One is suppiosed to pray for EVERYBODY My grandfather conducted the Pochayev Lavra choir This is sad and disgusting Leave the Lavra alone
Alex11/14/2022 4:39 pm
Always expect evil doings from neo-Nazis thugs!
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