Russian special services plan provocations in Ukraine on Holy Protection, the UOC-KP press-center’s stated

The press-center of the Kyiv Patriarchate issued a statement reporting that the UOC-KP were informed from reliable sources about the planned provocations by Russian security services on the feast of the Protection of the holy Virgin (October 14) in different parts of Ukraine.

In particular, the statement says that “under the guise of Ukrainian nationalists and supporters of the Kyiv Patriarchate the provokers are planning to attack the Kyiv-Caves Monastery and churches of the Moscow Patriarchate.”

In this regard, on the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv and All Rus-Ukraine, press-center of the Kyiv Patriarchate officially states that the Kyiv Patriarchate is not involved in any preparation and possible execution of forceful acts towards the Kyiv-Caves Monastery, churches and clergymen of the Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine, and has nothing to do with printing and distributing the leaflets calling for violence against priests and churches of the Moscow Patriarchate.