“We have already partially made a complete inventory, complete reports are now being sent to us. There are some losses of icons from the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, ”Ukrinform quotes him.
Nishchuk also suggested that the icons could disappear "before 2003".
“Based on this reconciliation, criminal proceedings are underway. All documentation is sent to law enforcement agencies, ”the Minister concluded.
In November 2018, it was reported that employees of the Kiev-Pechersk Reserve, which is under the administration of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, conducted an inventory of the property in the laurel caves.
Subsequently, the head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, did not rule out that after receiving autocephaly Ukraine awaits the redistribution of church property.