Dear friends!

Welcome to the next release of our “In memory of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra” photo project!

We continue our story about the collection of the National Kyiv-Pechersk Historical and Cultural Preserve. Let us introduce the photo portraits of the clergy of the late 19th - early 20th centuries. In contrast to the unidentified images that were presented last week, today you will get the opportunity to observe the portraits of the personalities whose names are known. Most of them are clergymen. Some of these figures have even played a significant role in the life of the then Orthodox Church.

Next week you will be able to see the new series of our photo project “In memory of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra”. It will be devoted to the artists of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.

Let's open together the pearls of the museum collection of the Preserve! New and more interesting facts are waiting for their release…

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Captions to the photos:

1. Archbishop of Poltava and Pereyaslav Ioannes (Petin) (1813-1889), the governor of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in 1852-1862 [KPL-N-610]

2. Bishop of Volodymyr and Suzdal Justin (Mykhailov) (1798-1879), rector of theological seminaries in Kyiv (1828-1834) and Chernihiv (1834-1841)

[KPL-F-9815]

3. Bishop of Kursk and Belgorod Mykhail (Luzin) (1830-1887), rector of the Kyiv Theological Academy (1876-1883) [KPL-F-9688]

4. Metropolitan of Tyrnovo Clement (Drumev) (1841-1901), national hero of Bulgaria [KPL-F-9622]

5. Protopriest of the Kyiv Mykilsky Military Cathedral Damian (Borsch) (1819-1899), veteran of the Eastern (Crimean) War (1853-1856) [KPL-F-9833]

6. Ihumenia of the Holy Resurrection-Myronosytsky nunnery (Astrakhan Province) Eusebia (Polievktova) (1838-1905) (KPL-F-9808)

7. Nun of the Resurrection-Myronosytsky nunnery Eugenia, sister of Ivan Gubin, the Astrakhan merchant and philanthropist (KPL-F-9795)

8. Choir sisters of Kyiv-Florivsky nunnery, early 20th century (KPL-F-9798)

9. Protopriest Kreskent Matushevsky (1866-1938), a graduate of the Kyiv Theological Academy, shot in the Crimea (KPL-F-9814)