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Town sealed after ancient monastery break out

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Apr 23, 2020
Town sealed after ancient monastery break out

File pic from 2017 of a procession to the Holy Dormition Pochayiv Lavra in Ukraine Image copyright
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Numerous countless pilgrims visit the abbey every year.

Police have actually stopped people going in and out of the Ukrainian town of Pochayiv after an outbreak at one of the largest Orthodox abbeys in Eastern Europe.

Lots of individuals consisting of priests have actually contracted coronavirus and some have passed away in the town where the 500- year-old Pochayiv Lavra is located.

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National guards were stationed near the Kyiv-Pechersk abbey after an outbreak there.

Police obstructed paths in and out of Pochayiv in western Ukraine on Tuesday and the monastery, which is inside the town however surrounded by an anci

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