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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Max Hunder and Felix Hoske

Orthodox Church accused by Kyiv of Moscow links faces eviction

Delegation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church branch loyal to Moscow, led by Metropolitan Onufriy, wait for a possible meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to discuss the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery issue, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 20, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

Eight bishops wearing robes and mitres went to the Ukrainian president's offices this week to try to stop their historically Russian-aligned wing of the Orthodox Church being evicted from its Kyiv headquarters.

They got only as far as a checkpoint, where they were turned back, and their request for a meeting on Monday with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was denied.

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