After the seeds of Divine grace had been planted through the Mystery of Baptism, it was the early growth of a native monasticism with its intense cultivation of spiritual life which most effectively ...

This complex, inspired by the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev, struggled through most of its history before being resurrected in 1990 by a former Communist Party official. One of the interesting ...

Photo taken on Nov. 11, 2019 shows the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev, Ukraine. The Monastery of the Caves (Pechersk Lavra) in Kiev was founded in the 11th century. It was included on the UNESCO World ...

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 ...