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Izindela zama-Orthodox ezivela esigodlweni sezindela saseKyiv sangekhulunyaka le-11 iPechersk Lavra zilwela ukuxoshwa nguhulumeni wase-Ukraine ngenxa yokuxhumana kwesonto labo neRussia.
Isakhiwo senkolo sasendulo esakhiwe ngegolide siyindawo yezindela yama-Orthodox ebaluleke kakhulu ezweni.
Izindela ezazihlala, kuze kube muva nje, zazingaphansi kombuso waseMoscow.
Kodwa-ke, bathi bahlukana neSonto Lama-Orthodox LaseRussia ngemuva kokuthi umholi walo, uPatriarch Kirill, esekele ukuhlasela kweMoscow ngonyaka odlule, kodwa uhulumeni wase-Ukraine akakaqiniseki.
Enye yezindela, eyaqamba igama layo ngokuthi u-Avel, ikuphikile noma yikuphi ukuxhumana nohulumeni waseRussia: “Sekungamakhulu eminyaka sisonta esontweni, elinesiqalo nesibhishobhi salo… nokusenza sibe uhlobo oluthile lwesonto amanxusa angaphandle noma izitha… lokhu akulona iqiniso, akunjalo. Laba ngabantu bethu, izwe lethu kanye neLavra yethu.”
NgoLwesihlanu olwedlule, uNgqongqoshe Wezamasiko e-Ukraine u-Oleksandr Tkachenko umemezele ukuqedwa kwesivumelwano sokuqashisa esivumela ibandla ukuthi lithathe ingxenye yalesi sigodlo mahhala.
IMoscow iyasigxeka isinqumo
Umnqamulajuqu ngokusho kwabezindaba zase-Ukraine ungoMashi 29.
Yize sekubonakale izimoto eziningi ziphuma endlini yezindela, inhloko yayo uPavlo Lebid wema ngaphandle efunga ukuthi “akananhloso yokuhamba” yize isivumelwano sesiphelile.
Umkhulumeli kaMongameli Vladimir Putin uDmitry Peskov ngoMsombuluko ukugxekile lokho akubiza ngokuthi “izinqumo ezicasulayo” kanye “nesimo sengqondo esingakaze senzeke” ngomphakathi.
UPatriarch Kirill, umholi weSonto Lobu-Orthodox elithembekile eMoscow, usenxuse abaholi bezenkolo nabamazwe ngamazwe okuhlanganisa nesikhulu se-UN u-Antonio Guterres, ezwakalisa “ukukhathazeka okujulile” ngalokho athi kuyisinqumo esingekho emthethweni.
I-Ukraine isanda kusungula iSonto layo lobu-Orthodox lase-Ukraine, i-Patriarchy yaseMoscow engayiqapheli.
