Russia-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church believers stand at the closed entrance of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on August 20, 2024. Ukraine's parliament on August 20, 2024, voted to ban the Russia-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church, as Kyiv cuts religious, social and institutional ties with bodies it considers aligned with Moscow. Kyiv has been tyring to curb spiritual links with Russia for years -- a process that was hugely accelerated by Moscow's 2022 invasion, which the powerful Russian Orthodox Church sanctified. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)