On March 29, 2023, the head of the OCU, Epifaniy Dumenko, turned to the Ukrainian authorities with a request to provide a temple on the territory of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra for the “new brethren” of the monastery. This was reported on the website of the OCU.

Epifaniy asked the government of Ukraine to “provide the use of the ‘Ukrainian’ Lavra with premises for ‘services’, as well as for ‘accommodation of the brethren and monastic activities’.”