St. Nicholas Cathedral in Kremenets to be returned to the reserve: court upholds ruling
Kyiv • UNN
The Supreme Court upheld the return of St. Nicholas Cathedral in Kremenets to the Kremenets-Pochayiv Reserve after the expiration of the use agreement with the religious community.
St. Nicholas Cathedral in Kremenets, Ternopil region, is to be returned to the Kremenets-Pochayiv Historical and Architectural Reserve. This was reported by the was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Culture, UNN reports.
Details
It is noted that the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the of the Western Economic Court of Appeal on October 2. Then the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Economic Court of Ternopil region of June 15 June, which ordered the religious community "Parish of St. Nicholas" to return St. Nicholas Cathedral with cells of the XVI-XVII centuries with a total area of 1,756.0 square meters, located in Kremenets, to the Kremenets-Pochayiv Historical and Architectural Reserve.
Addendum
On February 12, 2023, the agreement on on the free use of the premises of St. Nicholas Cathedral and other facilities by the religious community of the UOC-MP expired. Cathedral and other state-owned facilities expired.
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The Reserve has repeatedly notified the religious community of the expiration of the Agreement and the lack of intentions to extend it, in due to changes in the legislation on the lease of state property. At the same time the religious community appealed to the ICIP to extend the agreement, but was refused.