Curious facts about Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
Did you know that feasting at the Archimandrite of the Lavra became a tradition in the 17th century?
Curious facts about Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
Did you know that many women worked in the xenial house, steam mill, economic department, and in the so-called kitchen of the nobility of the Kyiv-Pechersk Monastery during the last third of the 19th century?
We present to your attention the new release of the photo project “Memories of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra”
Today you will see the series of photos dedicated to the Textile and Embroidery Department of the Lavra Museum of Cults and Life (part of the All-Ukrainian Museum Town) date from the 1920s - early 1930s.
Curious facts about Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
Did you know that the decorative elements of the Lavra bell tower were made of ceramics, not stone?
Curious facts about Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
Did you know that On September 3, 1885, the military engineer Captain Ivan Lilier (1870–1927) committed to the Ecclesiastical Council of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra to arrange heating and ventilation in the Dormition Cathedral?
Curious facts about Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
Did you know that in the late 19th - early 20th century private persons offered the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra to buy from them different food products?
Curious facts about Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
Did you know that on April 21, 1904, the Ecclesiastical Council of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra signed a contract with engineer Kazimierz Sommer, the owner of a technical office in Warsaw, for construction of a reinforced concrete floor, reinforced structures, roof rafters, cast-iron columns, and spiral staircases for the Church of the Annunciation?
