On March 5, a meeting of the religious community was held in the Trinity Cathedral of Chernihiv, where the services of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church rule. The issue raised for discussion was the closure of the temple. In a letter from the Chernihiv Ancient Reserve, the balance holder of the Transfiguration Cathedral, the complexes of the Trinity and Yelets monasteries to the Chernihiv diocese of the UOC, it is said that the contract for free use has surfaced, it is necessary to reissue a new one already with a rent or vacate the premises by March 27, writes Suspіlne .

“We are believers, we love this temple – this is all that we have from all that is sacred in Chernihiv. How can Trinity close? It can’t be! The lease is ending, as I understand it, of our church, and they are not renewing it. Believers who have been coming here for centuries are concerned about this,” says believer Grigory Smolygovets.