On July 27, 2023, the official website of the OCU published “an appeal of the local council to the Ukrainian people.”

“We thank everyone who contributes to the liberation of Ukraine from the occupation of the “Russian world”, this evil and heretical ideology that justifies the genocide of our people. Victory in this struggle depends on each individual. Reject Russian propaganda, cherish and protect the native Ukrainian language, liberate religious shrines and human souls from Moscow’s delusion – all of this, each of us not only can, but must do, so that the Ukrainian people as a whole can achieve success in resisting the aggressor.

The OCU also thanked the Ukrainian state “for the steps already taken to protect the religious space of Ukraine from hybrid aggression.”

“The Local Council testifies that the next necessary steps we see are the final liberation of two outstanding Ukrainian Orthodox shrines, the Pechersk and Pochaev Lavra, from the control of the” Russian world “, as well as the adoption of legislation that will prohibit Russian centers from interfering in the religious life of Ukraine,” they stressed. in circulation.