The abbot of Kiev’s world-famous Monastery of the Caves [also known as the Kiev Pechersk ... Kiev Patriarchate will foment hostility in Ukraine "We hear the threats now that a number of the ...

Hearing of the labours of Saint Anthony of Kiev, he fled to him secretly and was accepted by him as his disciple. He was tonsured at the age of twenty-four by Saint Anthony's disciple Nicon, and was ...

Believers also gathered in Kyiv at Ukraine’s oldest monastery, the Monastery of the Caves, designated as a lavra, a major monastery. Normally, the acting head of the lavra, Metropolitan Pavel, would ...

Ukraine has one canonical Orthodox ... the entrance to the caves of the world-famous Kiev Pechersk Laura, also known as the Monastery of the Caves. They protested against refusal of the clergy ...

The Kiev Caves Icon of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos ... He gave part of his wealth to the Caves monastery, and he gave Sergius the portion for his five-year-old son for safekeeping. He ...

The Monastery of the Caves, also known as Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, one of the holiest sites of Eastern Orthodox Christians, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 23, 2023. Tensions are on the rise at a ...

The security service in Kyiv said it aimed to prevent the monastery from being used for subversion Ukraine's security service has raided a historic monastery in Kyiv in an operation it says was ...

On this day, we celebrate the Synaxis of the Kiev Cave Fathers who were laid to rest in the Far Caves of Saint Theodosius in Kiev (see also Sept. 22-28). Together with the whole assembly of the ...

Russia has assured the UN that its armed forces are taking "necessary precautions" to prevent damage, though this is disputed by Ukraine ... known as Kyiv's Monastery of the Caves, was founded ...

Scuffles broke out outside a Kyiv monastery on Thursday (30 March) after a Ukrainian branch of the Orthodox Church that the government says has ties with Russia defied an eviction order.

Kiev is the center of Ukrainian culture. The Monastery of the Caves and Saint Sophia Cathedral are both World Heritage Sites. Living expenses were lower than in other considered cities in Eastern ...