New photos of the Sviatohirsk Lavra, a monastery belonging to the UOC-MP (Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate) that was destroyed by the Russians, have appeared on the Internet, ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine has taken another step to strengthen its spiritual independence and that the Ukrainian state grants religious freedom. Source: Volodymyr Zelenskyy in ...

Armed police inspected vehicles entering and leaving the Pechersk-Lavra monastery complex on Wednesday, the deadline for those remaining loyal to Moscow to pack up and leave the holy site. In the ...

Tens of thousands of Kiev residents took to the streets earlier this week in protest and prayer. The reason was an announcement on March 10 by the Zelensky government that the Ukrainian Orthodox ...

A man drinks a beverage in front of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv during the Orthodox Christmas Eve, on January 6, 2023. Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP The statement came days after ...

Ukraine has ordered Moscow-affiliated clerics to leave Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, the country’s most important Orthodox monastery, by the end of March. Here is background on the site and the developments ...

On March 10, the management of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra reserve announced the termination of the open-ended lease contract with the Holy Dormition Kiev-Pechersk Lavra of the UOC and ordered the monks ...

The Ministry of Culture of Ukraine has appointed Maksym Ostapenko as the General Director of the National Reserve Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. "Maksym Ostapenko is an archaeologist, candidate of historical ...

As its forces fight to repel a massive Russian invasion, Ukraine is seeking to put its stamp on a sprawling Orthodox Church complex that long loomed over the capital as a symbol of Moscow's influence: ...

Part of the Sviatohirsk Lavra is on fire after a Russian attack in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast, a top Ukrainian adviser said on Saturday. "The main temple of the Sviatohirsk Lavra, a shrine of the ...

It is underscored that there are no grounds for expulsion of the monks who live here and are registered here MOSCOW, March 29. /TASS/. Monks from the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra will not leave the monastery, ...