Workers of the Reserve Cut Off the Locks of Church of Conception of St Anne at the Far Caves

On 12 May 2026, at approximately 11:30 a.m., the legal counsel of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, achpriest Mykyta Chekman, reported that workers of the Reserve had broken the locks and entered the Conception of Saint Anne Church at the Far Caves, as conveyed by the Information and Educational Department of the UOC. “These actions give rise […]

On the conversation with Samaritan woman

Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan) Christ is Risen! In His conversation with the Samaritan woman, the Lord Jesus Christ teaches us how we ought to worship and pray unto God. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth (John 4:24). When at home or in church we stand before the holy […]

Fourth Sunday after Pascha: The Sunday of the Paralytic

On the fourth Sunday after Pascha, the Holy Church calls the faithful to remember the wondrous healing by our Lord Jesus Christ of the paralytic who had lain grievously ill for almost forty years. On this Sunday, the Divine Liturgy (and on the preceding evening, the All-Night Vigil) in the Lavra church dedicated to our […]

The Lavra in Bloom in April

The photographs were taken by the novices of the Lavra

Synaxarion on the Third Sunday of Pascha, of the Holy Myrrh-bearing Women

Verses: The disciples bring myrrh unto Christ, and I bring unto them a hymn as myrrh. On this day, the Third Sunday after Pascha, we celebrate the holy Myrrh-bearing Women. We also commemorate Joseph of Arimathea, who was a secret disciple of Christ, and together with him Nicodemus, the disciple who came by night. Among […]

Clergy of the Lavra Prayed for the Repose of the Departed Brethren

On Tuesday of the second week after Pascha, the Orthodox Church appoints a special commemoration of the departed. On this day, the brethren of the Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra fervently prayed for the repose of their fellow monks who have departed into eternity. On the eve of Radonitsa, a memorial service was traditionally served at the […]

On Thomas Sunday

One of the most distinctive days in the Paschal cycle of services is the Sunday of Antipascha. On this day, the Holy Orthodox Church commemorates the appearance of the Risen Christ to His disciples, to whom the holy Apostle Thomas said that unless he himself saw Christ, he would not believe in His Resurrection. “After […]

Easter Lavra

The photographs were taken by Archdeacon Dionysius

On Easter Day, Great Vespers were celebrated at Lavra

On the eve of Bright Monday, Archimandrite Anthony presided over the evening service according to the Paschal rite in the Church of St Agapitus of the Caves. After the Great Prokeimenon had been sung, the spiritual father of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra read the Gospel at the Royal Gates, facing the faithful.

The Head of the UOC Presided over the Paschal Celebrations at the Lavra

On the radiant night of the “Feast of feasts and Triumph of triumphs,” the Paschal Matins and the Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom were presided over by the Holy Archimandrite of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kyiv and All Ukraine. After the resounding and repeated singing of “Christ is Risen!”, Matins […]