«Memories of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra» photo project
Dear friends! We are glad to present a new release of “Memories of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra” photo project to you.
Dear friends! We are glad to present a new release of “Memories of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra” photo project to you.
To the attention of visitors! We would like to inform you that exhibition “Mykola Siadrysty Microminiatures” will be closed since November 1, 2021 due to the repair and restoration works of building № 5 and in accordance with the administrative order of the National Preserve “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra” of October 25, 2021 (№ 04-06/27) “On Dismantling Exhibition “Mykola Siadrysty Microminiatures” and its transfer from building № 5 to building № 4”.
To the attention of visitors! We would like to inform you that the Church of the Savior at Berestove will be closed from November 1, 2021 till March 31, 2022 in accordance with the requirements of Art. 5.5. of the Law of Ukraine “On Protection of Cultural Heritage”.
Due to the restoration works of the Gate Church of the Trinity, the central entrance to the territory of the Preserve will be CLOSED from September 20, 2021 to November 08, 2021.
Do you know that in the beginning of the 18th century there were almost two dozen taverns and so-called “drinking dens” in Pechersk ?
Do you know how was the pilgrimage boom dealt with in its epicenter – in the Near Caves in the summer of the 1830s?

Dismentling some buildings of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. Did you know that some buildings of Kyiv-Pechersk Monastery, primarily used for economic purposes, were dismantled in the early 1930’s at the request of Lavra’s State Cultural and Historical Preserve?