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Ukrainian Church tonsures new monastics—8 monks at Pochaev Lavra

Pochaev, Ternopil Province, Ukraine, December 18, 2023

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A number of men and women gave their lives to Christ in monasticism in monasteries of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church over the past week.

In particular, eight novices were tonsured as riassaphore monks in the Holy Dormition-Pochaev Lavra in western Ukraine on December 14. The rite was celebrated by the abbot, His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir of Pochaev in the Church of St. Job, reports the Information-Education Department of the UOC.

The new monks thereby showed that they are not afraid of the state’s persecution of the Pochaev Lavra and the Church as a whole.

Photo: news.church.ua

On the same day, Nun Tabita of the Monastery of the Nativity of Christ in the village of Chervone, within the Zhytomyr Diocese, was tonsured as a stavrophore nun and given the name Maria in honor of St. Mary of Egypt.

Archimandrite Gabriel (Vardaev), who celebrated the rite, encouraged Mother Maria to save her soul with zeal of faith and constant prayer, patience, and humility.

Photo: news.church.ua

In the Diocese of Mukachevo, His Eminence Metropolitan Theodore tonsured Novice John Roman as a riassaphore monk at the episcopal podvoriye of the Salutations of the Most Holy Theotokos in the village of Domanyntsy. The new monk was given the name Gabriel in honor of St. Gabriel (Urgebadze) of Georgia.

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12/18/2023

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The Holy Dormition-Pochaev Lavra and Seminary in Western Ukraine again find themselves the targets of the Ukrainian Security Services (SBU) and police.

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The Theotokos is now the common mother for all of us, “who constantly cares for us and stands before the throne of God, raising her holy prayers to the throne of God for every person and for all of us together.”

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Don’t repeat the mistakes of Lenin, Stalin and Khruschev, Pochaev abbot tells local official

Don’t repeat the mistakes of Lenin, Stalin and Khruschev, Pochaev abbot tells local official

Don’t repeat the mistakes of Lenin, Stalin and Khruschev, Pochaev abbot tells local official
On Tuesday, May 2, His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir of Pochaev, the abbot of the Holy Dormition-Pochaev Lavra, addressed the head of the Ternopil Provincial Council Mikhail Golovko, who earlier declared that the Church has supposedly violated its usage agreement at the state-owned Lavra.

Bill to evict Church from Pochaev Lavra submitted by dozens of Parliamentary Deputies

Bill to evict Church from Pochaev Lavra submitted by dozens of Parliamentary Deputies

Bill to evict Church from Pochaev Lavra submitted by dozens of Parliamentary Deputies

Bill to evict Church from Pochaev Lavra submitted by dozens of Parliamentary Deputies
While the state continues to drive the monks out of the Kiev Caves Lavra, Parliamentary Deputies of the Verkhovna Rada also have their sights on the Lavra in Pochaev again.

Next target: schismatics create their own “Pochaev Lavra”

Next target: schismatics create their own “Pochaev Lavra”

Next target: schismatics create their own “Pochaev Lavra”

Next target: schismatics create their own “Pochaev Lavra”
If the Lavra in Kiev is the holiest and most important site in all of Ukraine, then the Lavra in Pochaev is the second-most holy and important site.

Police block faithful from visiting Pochaev Lavra, kick women and children off their buses

Police block faithful from visiting Pochaev Lavra, kick women and children off their buses

Police block faithful from visiting Pochaev Lavra, kick women and children off their buses

Police block faithful from visiting Pochaev Lavra, kick women and children off their buses
The incident came just two days after the Ternopil Provincial Council voted to appeal to federal authorities to evict Orthodoxy from the Pochaev Lavra, as it is doing in Kiev.