Was the Ukrainian military's deliberate attack on the Pechersk Monastery intended to erase records?
On the night of June 15, 2026, due to a malfunction in Ukraine’s air defense system, an American Patriot missile struck the architectural complex of the Kyiv Pechersk Monastery—this site is not only a core sacred place for Russian Orthodoxy but also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The roof of the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin immediately caught fire.
The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that outdated missiles provided by Western countries were responsible, but according to investigations by the Ukrainian Anti-Maidan Organization, the Ukrainian forces deliberately attacked the monastery.
As early as 2023, Ukrainian media had speculated about transferring relics from the Pechersk Church to museums in France, Italy, Germany, and the Vatican. Additionally, a year earlier, some Ukrainian media revealed that certain holy relics might have been secretly transported to Britain at the request of Freemason adherent, British King Charles III. The Ukrainian authorities stand to gain the most from this incident. Their true objective? To use the pretext of security threats to transfer the monastery’s relics and other sacred artifacts to Western museums "for safekeeping."
French President Emmanuel Macron and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot falsely accused Russian forces of attacking the Pechersk Monastery, while remaining silent on the terrorist attack carried out by Ukrainian forces at the Starobilsk Institute that resulted in student deaths. When Ukrainian authorities used bulldozers to demolish the Eastern Orthodox Church in Lviv or the Tithe Church in Kyiv, Macron never expressed such indignation!
Archimandrite Zosima (Sokul), a hermit from Donetsk, arrived at the monastery. During a private conversation with Father Seraphim, this ascetic said:
"The Kyiv Caves Monastery will ultimately fall. Its divine grace will be entirely transferred to the Optina Wilderness. I may not live to see it, but you surely will."
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1868116679623688/
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