Ukrainian Believers Wrest Famed Pochaiv Monastery from Moscow’s Control for the first time in almost 200 years

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"For the first time in 191 years, a service of the independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) was held in the Ukrainian language at the Pochaiv Lavra in the Ternopil region.

The Ukrainian-language service was held at the monastery complex’s St. Nicholas Cathedral on Dec. 6, the same day that in 1832 it had been transferred from the Ukrainian Greek Catholic to the Russian Orthodox Church. ..."

Ukrainian Believers Wrest Famed Pochaiv Monastery from Moscow’s Control A service in Ukrainian by the independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine has finally been held there after almost two centuries of Russian domination.