74The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has historic ties to the Russian Orthodox Church, whose leader has supported Russian President Vladimir Putin in the invasion of Ukraine.
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Supporters of Ukrainian Orthodox Church hold a portrait of Metropolitan Onufriy as monks have resisted a government order to leave the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery complex in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 1. In a bitter dispute over a famed Orthodox monastery, Ukraine's top security agency notified a leading priest on Saturday that he was suspected of justifying Russia's aggression, a criminal offense, Metropolitan Pavel, the abbot of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery, Ukraine's most revered Orthodox site, has resisted the authorities' order to vacate the complex. Earlier in the week, he cursed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, threatening him with damnation.
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Priests of Ukrainian Orthodox Church pray with their supporters after resisting a government order to leave the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery complex in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 1.
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A supporter of Ukrainian Orthodox Church holds an icon outside the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery complex in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 1.
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People protest outside the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery complex by Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 1.
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Metropolitan Epifaniy, center, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, walks after the official ceremony of presenting certificates for Ukrainian military chaplains at Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 1. The first group of chaplains to be officially included in the Ukrainian armed forces with military ranks graduated in a ceremony in Saint Sophia Cathedral in central Kyiv. Although the military has included chaplains before, they were not officially part of the military structure and didn't have ranks.
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Metropolitan Epifaniy, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, back to camera, blesses Ukrainian military chaplains during the official ceremony of presenting certificates at Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 1.
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Metropolitan Epifaniy, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, walks after the official ceremony of presenting certificates for Ukrainian military chaplains at Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 1.
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Crews of mobile air defense units are seen at the Antonov airport as the gutted remains of the Antonov An-225, the world's biggest cargo aircraft, destroyed during fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, is seen in the background, in Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 1.
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A Ukrainian soldier of a mobile air defense unit demonstrates his skills at the Antonov airport as the gutted remains of the Antonov An-225, the world's biggest cargo aircraft, destroyed during fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, are seen in the background, in Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 1.
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A Ukrainian soldier of a mobile air defense unit demonstrates his skills at the Antonov airport in Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 1.
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Airport workers look at the gutted remains of the Antonov An-225, the world's biggest cargo aircraft, destroyed during fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, at the Antonov airport in Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 1.
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Ukrainian soldiers of mobile air defense units pose for a photo at the Antonov airport, in front of the gutted remains of the Antonov An-225, the world's biggest cargo aircraft, destroyed during fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, in Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 1.
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Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Nayev is seen at the Antonov airport in Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 1.
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Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Nayev, left, talks to soldiers of mobile air defense units at the Antonov airport in Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 1.
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