On the great Lavra’s feast of its founder — St Anthony of the Caves, the divine services were fulfilled within the walls of the Holy Dormition Kiev-Caves monastery.

In the evening before, the joint night vigil in the Great Church was led by the Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Onuphrius.

The lity during the vespers in the Great church was performed by namesake metropolitan Anthony of Boryspil and Brovary.

On the very day of the feast His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphrius led the Divine Liturgy in the same Dormition Cathedral of the monastery. His Beatitude was joined in service by Vicegerent of the Lavra metropolitan Pavel of Vyshgorod and Chornobyl, the array of the archbishops, the brethren and numerous guests of the Lavra in the holy order.

The brethren early Liturgy in the Refectory Church of Venerable Anthony and Theodosius of the Caves was headed by the father dean of the monastery, archimandrite Anthony.

Upon the bishop’s divine service the Head of the UOC led the procession to the Near Caves. At the entrance to the caves, a prayer service was performed, after which all the praying were sprinkled with the holy water, and longevity was sung to the consecrated council.

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