Court places UOC MP Metropolitan Pavlo under house arrest for 60 days

The Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv has placed the abbot of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Pavlo of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP) under round-the-clock house arrest for 60 days.

This is reported by an Ukrinform correspondent.

The court ordered Metropolitan Pavlo to wear an electronic bracelet.

As reported by Ukrinform, the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv, which considered the issue of selecting a preventive measure for Metropolitan Pavlo, postponed the hearing to Monday, April 3, due to his poor health.

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Later, the court postponed the hearing on the selection of a preventive measure for the abbot of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra to 18:30 on April 1.

On the morning of April 1, the Security Service of Ukraine handed a notice of suspicion to the abbot of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Pavlo (Lebid). His house was searched.