The OCU created its own “Kiev Caves Lavra” on paper in May 2022 in order to drive out and replace the Orthodox monks who have labored there for decades as the successors of those who have labored there for a millennia. The OCU group later grew into a handful of people, led by “Bishop” Avraamy Latish who apostatized from the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church in order to become abbot of the new organization.