Did you know that
Kyiv fruit and vegetable warehouse of the Chief Special Trade Administration in Groceries “Golovosobgastronom” at the Ministry of Trade of the USSR used the basement of the building Nr. 29 of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (Trapezna (Refectory) Chamber at St. Anthony and St. Theodosius of Pechersk Church) as a warehouse for storage of apples, tangerines, oranges and lemons, in the late 1940s after the Second World War?
Did you know that
there were cases of trial over brotherhood members for abusive acts committed in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra?
On May 13 last year, the first releases of the Memories of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Project were published. During this time, we have published more than half a thousand photos dedicated to the Lavra, its monuments, people who lived and worked here, and visitors.
You can find the list of all previous releases with relevant links on our website.
What about our future plans, the next two weeks will be dedicated to the artistic legacy of two famous Kyivans - Hryhoriy and Dmytro Malakov.
Dear friends! We continue to acquaint you with the Artistic Heritage of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and the paintings of the Lavra Church of Sts. Anthony and Theodosius of Pechersk, in particular the image of St. Forefather Enoch.
Did you know that:
to prevent the birds from eating the tops of the grafted trees in shady places, Elder Hilarion recommended greasing the grafts with an ointment made of wax and unsalted pork fat with tobacco?
Did you know that
monks of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra were involved in the development of the "Rights on which the people of Little Rus’ are judged" - a collection of legal norms that were in force on Left-Bank Ukraine?
Dear friends!
We continue to acquaint you with the Artistic Heritage of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. Today, we present to your attention two goldsmith works from the Preserve collection that are wonderful examples of Ukrainian jewelry art of the 18th century. These are silver plates of the main altar of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Dormition Cathedral (KPL-M-10796, KPL-M-1147).
