Clerics and parishioners of the Academic Church in honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is located on the territory of the Far Caves of the Holy Dormition Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, recorded a video message to the Ukrainian authorities and people, as well as to the international community with a request not to deprive the faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the opportunity to pray in the Lavra , and students of theological schools to study at the Kiev Theological Academy and Seminary, which has been located on the territory of the Lavra since the late 80s. The Information and Education Department of the UOC publishes this video message with a link to the YouTube channel of the Kyiv Theological Academy.

The appeal was recorded in Ukrainian, English, German, French, Greek and Russian.