Did you know that in old Russia convents for many centuries were located within the walls of monasteries for men? There were almost no separate convents. Of course, communities for nuns lived ...

The Kiev Caves Lavra has commented on the events currently taking place near the monastery walls. As other news sources have reported, there is an “anti-Maidan” group who organized a peaceful Cross ...

The Ukrainian authorities had ordered the expulsion of monks loyal to the Moscow Patriarchate. Kiev wants the Moscow jurisdiction to step aside. The 'Lavra' is the oldest monastic institution of ...

The repression of Orthodoxy by the Kiev authorities is not abating even now, when the world may have come closer to resolving the Ukrainian conflict. The removal of the relics of saints from the Kiev ...