The court postponed the hearing in the case of Metropolitan Arseny of Svyatogorsk

On September 5, 2025, the Dnipro Court of Appeals ruled to postpone the hearing in the case of Metropolitan Arseny, the hierarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and abbot of the Holy Dormition Svyatogorsk Lavra. The hierarch continues to be held in pretrial detention without a verdict. This was reported by the Svyatogorsk Lavra website.

«The hearing of the Dnipro Court of Appeals in the case of Metropolitan Arseny of Svyatogorsk, which was to take place today, has been postponed to Thursday, September 11, the day of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist. The hearing will begin at 1:00 p.m. The day before, on Wednesday, September 10, another preparatory hearing of the Sloviansk District Court of Donetsk Region is scheduled to take place. The hearing will also begin at 1:00 p.m. We remind you that Bishop Arseniy has been held in the Dnipro pretrial detention center since April 25, 2024,» — the Lavra’s press service said.

We remind you that the International Organization “Club of National Unity,” which includes representatives of the Ukrainian political community who left the country due to political pressure, published a list of political prisoners who are detained or convicted in Ukraine for political or religious reasons. The list, which consists of 368 people, also includes representatives of the clergy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.