On the great feast of The Nativity of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, solemn divine services were performed within the walls of the Holy Dormition Kiev-Caves Lavra.

One of the All Night Vigils for the feast took place at the Great church.The service was led by the Vicegerent of the Lavra metropolitan of Vyshgorod and Chornobyl Pavel.

Next day the Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) His Beatitude Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine Onuphrius headed the Divine Liturgy at the Lavra’s church dedicated to the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, where teachers and students of  the Kiev theological academy and seminary usually pray. Metropolitan of Vyshgorod and Chornobyl Pavel joined His Beatitude.

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