Did you know that the original iconostasis of the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (1700), decorated with the icons depicting Father Superior images, had five such kind icons made of copper embossed plates?
Do you know how monastic alarm system was arranged? It was 1868. The idea to install alarm system belonged to Fr. Jonah, deacon of Lavra. He said that it would “prevent theft in the Caves and sudden attacks from the side of the intruders”....
Dear friends! Last week we remembered a sad date – 80 years since November 3, 1941, the day when Dormition Cathedral, the main shrine of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, blew off. There are several versions of the circumstances that caused that event. Вut every time this topic arises, there appears the idea that explosive devices could be planted somewhere in the underground area of the Cathedral, for example, the system of heating channels.
Dear friends! Today “Artistic Heritage” section presents a new carved artwork from the Fund collection of the National Preserve “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra”. It is the altar cross of Cossacks kuren of Mensk district (KPL-M-9368).
Do you know anything about the ingredients of monastic borsch? First of all, let’s note that the taste of the dish is inseparable from the time it was served in. Along with fish soup and porridge, borsch was an everyday meal in the brethren’s menu of the 18th century.
Did you know that Hetman Ivan Mazepa’s mother (known as Maria Magdalyna in her monastic name) for about 25 years was a hegumeness in the female Ascension Monastery, which stood on the land of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and was under the spiritual subordination of Pechersk Archimandrite?
Dear friends! Current release of the “Artistic Heritage” section continues the story about the artworks that beautify the interior of the Church of Sts. Antony and Theodosius of Pechersk (Refectory). Today we will talk about composition “Saturation of Five Thousand with Five Loaves” created by Hryhoriy Popov.
