Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine, Hanna Herman has said that the information about the transfer of St. Sofia Cathedral under the control of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, which is subordinate to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) is not true.
She said this in response to an open letter by Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Cardinal Liubomyr Husar addressed to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, in which Husar expressed concern that such a transfer would make the St. Sofia Cathedral the church of UOC-MP, which will eliminate the other three branches of the Ukrainian church. Such a step could aggravate the religious conflicts, Cardinal Husar said.
So, Herman stressed that the issue of subordinating the Sofia Cathedral to Kyiv Pechersky Lavra was not raised, and that they only talked about the transfer of the Cathedral under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture.
