Lavra in the Christian history

According to the ancient Church Tradition, in his travel with the Christian message in the Skythian land, saint Apostle Andrew the First-Called (Protocletos) blessed the hilly Dnieper riverside and turned to his disciples with such words: “Do you see these hills? God’s grace will shine over these hills, and a great city is to be […]

Minister Tkachenko is to start activity of ‘folk artistic craft and other things’ instead of Monastery in Lower Lavra

Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko stated on the air of the TV marathon that his ministry was planning to start ‘the activity of folk artistic craft and other things’ in the Kyiv Caves Lavra instead of the Monastery. It was informed about by Ukrinform on 22 April 2023, the Information […]

Contribution of the Lavra to the Victory of the Ukrainian People

Since the beginning of the war, the Social Department of the Lavra has been providing uninterrupted feasible aid to all who suffered from this disaster. Until February 24th, 2022, the news on the activity of the Social Department of the Lavra covered orphanages and distribution houses, the institutions where lonely elderly find shelter, permanent-basis help […]

Large families in the Kyiv region received presents from the brethren of the Lavra

On the memory day of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, it is the custom to follow the God’s Pleaser and give presents to kids. A pure soul perceives these surprises as a small miracle, thus the brethren of the Social Department of the Kyiv-Caves Lavra try to visit large families during the holidays. Archimandrite Aretha and […]

The Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church honored the memory of the venerable fathers of the Caves

On the second Sunday of the Lent when the Church celebrates the memory of the saint Gregory Palamas, the Synaxis of the venerable and God-carrying fathers of the Caves is also established, those who acted in the cause of God at various times in the Kiev-Caves monastery and achieved saintdom. The solemn Divine services and […]

Archbishop Juraj of Michalovce and Košice from Czech and Slovak Church celebrated in Caves

5th Saturday of Lent: The Akathist Hymn at Lavra’s churches

International Scientific Conference on the 100th anniversary of the death of metropolitan St. Vladimir

International Scientific Conference “Kiev Metropolitan St. Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky) the Priest-Martyr’s and the beginning of persecutions against the Orthodox Church in XX century” To the 100th anniversary of the death of Kiev and Galicia metropolitan St. Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky; +07.02.1918) the Priest-Martyr’s and the beginning of persecutions against the Orthodox Church in XX century February 7–8, 2018 […]

Aid rendered to the orphans from the “Father’s House” under the patronage of the Vicegerent of the Lavra

Metropolitan Pavel of Vyshgorod and Chornobyl is the spiritual guide not only for the brethren of the monastery, but, for 20 years under the patronage of His Grace, for the children in uneasy life condition. Friendly and trustful relations are supported with Roman Korniyko, the manager of the “Father’s House” Social Projects Community. All possible […]

Metropolitan Pavel paid a visit to the Republic of Lithuania

  With the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine Onuphrius, the Vicegerent of the Kiev-Caves Lavra made a journey to Lithuania. On January 23, the meeting of Linas Linkevičius, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, and metropolitan Pavel of Vyshgorod and Chornobyl took place in the Ministry […]