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 […]

Divine Services on Holy Saturday at the Lavra

The Procession of the Shroud during the Concelebrated Divine Liturgy on Good Friday Brethren night service on Holy Saturday: The Rite of the Burial of the Shroud at the Lavra Hymn for Great Saturday at the Liturgy: ‘Arise, O God, and judge the earth, for You shall inherit all nations’ The Brotherhood Liturgy on Holy […]

“Trust in God makes a person invincible”

On the day when the Holy and Saving Passion of our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ is commemorated, the divine services in the Lavra were presided over by the Holy Archimandrite of the Kyiv-Pechersk Monastery, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kyiv and All Ukraine. On the eve, in the evening, a conciliar reading of […]

On Palm Sunday. The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem

Verses: He Who by His word created the heavens sat upon a dumb beast, delivering mankind from becoming like the irrational animals. We celebrate the glorious and most radiant feast of the Palms for the following reason. After the raising of Lazarus from the dead, many who saw what had taken place believed in Christ; […]

The singing of the Akathist in honour of the Most Holy Theotokos during a monastic service at the Lavra

The singing of the stichera ‘Come, let us bless the ever-memorable Joseph’ during the Passion Service

Sticheron hymn of the Holy Friday Come, let us bless the ever-memorable Joseph, who came by night to Pilate and begged for the Giver of Life: “Give me this Stranger, Who has no place to lay His head; Give me this Stranger Whom the crafty disciple has betrayed to death; Give me this Stranger, whose […]

The Head of the UOC Performed the Monastic Tonsure of Four Members of the Lavra Brotherhood

On Tuesday of the Week of the Veneration of the Cross, the Sacred Archimandrite of the Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, His Beatitude Onuphry, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine, tonsured members of the monastery brotherhood into the mantle. The rite of tonsure was performed in the Lavra church dedicated to St. Agapitus of the Caves. The […]

Teaching on the Third Sunday of Great Lent. On Bearing the Cross

“If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me,” said the Lord to His disciples, having called them before Him, as we heard today in the Gospel. Beloved brethren! We also are disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ, for we are Christians. We also have […]

Singing of the kontakion during the Akathist to the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God

Kontakion to the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God Neither the tomb, nor death had power over the Theotokos, Who is unsleeping in Her intercessions and an unchanging hope in Her protection.  For as the Mother of Life, She was translated into life by Him Who dwelt in Her ever-virginal womb. You may […]

The Synaxis of All the Venerable Fathers of the Kyiv Caves — the Spiritual Heritage of the Pechersk Monastery

The Synaxis of All the Venerable Fathers of the Kyiv Caves is celebrated on the Second Sunday of Great Lent. The ascetics of the Kyiv Caves inspired their followers to spiritual labours, demonstrating that the path to God is attained through repentance, prayer, and humility. The life of the monastery was built upon strict discipline, […]