Did you know what was served on the festive Christmas table of the Lavra brethren at the turn of the 18th-19th centuries? The Christmas feast was preceded by Christmas fast, during which the daily menu of the brethren meal invariably consisted of two dishes: porridge and fish.
Dear Friends! Here is the new release of the “Memories of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra” photo project. Today we continue the story about the reconstruction of the Great Pechersk Church and present the photo chronicle of the events of spring-summer 1999.
Did you know that during the First World War, the strategic bridges across the Dnipro River (Nicholas Chain Bridge and Rusanivsky Bridge) were illuminated by the power station of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra opened in 1911?
Did you know that until 1848 the New Year came in the houses of Kyiv inhabitants with the clock chimes on the Great Lavra Bell Tower? In that year, by order of the Governor-General of Kyiv Dmitry Bibikov, the time standard was considered to be the clock installed in the workshop of the clockmaker of St. Volodymyr University.
Dear friends! Today, “Artistic Heritage” section would like to introduce a new precious item from the Fund collection of the National Preserve “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra”. It is a silver chalice created by Gottfried Vogel, the Western European master of the 17th - early 18th centuries (KPL-M-9921).
Did you know that a series of scenes from the historical feature film “Flame of Wrath” (1955) based on drama “Forever Together” (author – Lubomyr Dmyterko) were filmed on the territory of the Preserve “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra”?
Did you know that Holy Lavra Gates were Alpha and Omega for the monks of Pechersk monastery? They went through the Gates to get to Lavra monastery for the first time and they started out through them for their final journey, accompanied by its brethren.
