Lawyer of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, Archpriest Nikita Chekman, filed a lawsuit with the Podolsky District Court of Kyiv for the protection of honor, dignity and business reputation in connection with unreliable information published by Channel 5.

The lawyer published his statement on his Telegram channel:

“Throughout the video recording, as a lawyer, they call me “a representative of Moscow priests, ex-owners of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra”.” I note that I, Chekman Nikita Petrovich, am a representative of the Holy Dormition Kiev-Pechersk Lavra (monastery) of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), which is the Respondent in this case, but not the UOC-MP.

The lawyer emphasized that Channel 5’s information is “inaccurate, disseminated using incomplete, distorted information” and causes negative associations, attributing it to belonging “to a certain non-existent structure (“MP”).”

In this regard, Father Nikita asks the court to oblige Channel 5 to make a public apology on the air of the Hour of Chas Novyn.