The Supreme Council declined the cassation of the Chernihiv Eparchy of the UOC-MP on February 10 and left unchanged the decision of the Desna District Court of Chernihiv and the resolution of the Chernihiv Oblast Court of Appeal.
The mentioned documents obligate the administration of the Chernihiv Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate to dismantle the tents erected near the building of the St. Catherine Church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate in Chernihiv. The resolution is final and without the right of appeal. In the event of non-fulfillment thereof, the police is to fulfill it and dismantle the two unlawfully erected tents, which spoil the image of the church.
According to the Cossack community at whose disposal the building is now, the executive authorities reportedly obligated the eparchial department of the UOC-MP to liquidate the so-called “field” chapel near St. Catherine Church by March 9, 2010.
However, according to our RISU correspondent, Lubov Potapenko, on March 10 the two tents were still there.