One of the first women’s monasteries of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate in Volyn Region is in a difficult situation.
During a meeting with journalists on December 24, the Superior of the monastery, Mother Maria (Ihnatenko), said that there is no ceiling on the first floor which makes the ground floor damp. “They will probably not find funds for us until the regime is changed. For they are able to find funds for the Zymne Monastery (a women’s monastery (of the Moscow Patriarchate), for instance, but not for us for some reason,” said the superior.
The monastery was consecrated in 2002. It is the first monastery of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate in the Volyn Oblast.
According to the mother superior, in 2005, the costs of restoration work were calculated and totaled UAH 12 million. However in 2008, the financing was suspended.