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With searches, Ukraine focuses suspicions on Orthodox clergy

A woman cleans the snow in the Pechersk Lavra monastic complex in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. Ukraine's counter-intelligence service, police officers and the country's National Guard searched one of the most famous Orthodox Christian sites in the capital, Kyiv, after a priest spoke favorably about Russia – Ukraine's invader – during a service. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A cross of the Pechersk Lavra monastic complex is seen against background of the Ukrainian national flag and the Motherland Monument in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. Ukraine's counter-intelligence service, police officers and the country's National Guard searched one of the most famous Orthodox Christian sites in the capital, Kyiv, after a priest spoke favorably about Russia – Ukraine's invader – during a service. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ukraine's secret service examine belonging of a parishioner at the entrance to the Pechersk Lavra monastic complex in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. Ukraine's counter-intelligence service, police officers and the country's National Guard searched one of the most famous Orthodox Christian sites in the capital, Kyiv, after a priest spoke favorably about Russia – Ukraine's invader – during a service. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)