Before his departure, St. Anthony called his monks together and comforted them with the promise that he would always remain with them in spirit and would pray the Lord to bless and protect the ...

The Kiev Caves Monastery is the oldest monastic institution of Russian Orthodoxy, dating back to the mid-11th century under the principality of Jaroslav the Wise, son of Prince-Baptist Vladimir ...

The church of St. Andrew in Kiev, near the Caves, has already been indicated as the seat of the patriarchal Stavropegion that will deal with the autocephaly procedure sanctioned by the synod of ...

SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Inside an underground cave near the Saint Paul Rivercenter parking ramp by the intersection of Eagle Parkway and Exchange Street, a group of urban explorers on Wednesday ...

Inspired by the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev, these caves at Kholki struggled through most of its history before being restored and resurrected by a former Communist Party official in 1990.

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Sara Evans offers an essential cultural guide to Kiev, the Ukrainian capital and the birthplace of eastern Slavic civilisation.

St. Theodosius of the Kiev Caves Commemorated May 3/16, September 2/15; Translation of His Relics August 14/27 Theodosius, whose name means "gift of God," grew up in the small cities of Vasilkov and ...