"Although we may pray, and yet even offer Divine services in plain buildings, in the fields, and on the river banks, still this would not be sufficient to express the fullness of the Church.

It is not only common reason and our sense of beautiful, but also our deep veneration for the awful holiness of Almighty God, and our love for Him our Savior, whose works are so manifest in so rich, so wide, and such a grand Providence, that tells us that we are compelled to build our temples--the monuments of our salvation--according to our best.
Therefore we must gather in the Church for prayer. And so this temple with its congregation is a type of, and in reality partakes of, the attributes of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church."

Fr. Sebastian Dabovich.



Pictures of the churches with some historical information:
In EnglishУкраїнською (the fonts are here)
St. Vladimir's Cathedral
 Собор Св. Володимира
St. Sophia Cathedral
 Собор Св. Софії
Vydubychi Monastery
 Видубицький монастир
St. Nicolas (Prytysko) Church
 Церква Св. Миколи Притиска
Pechersk, Refectory
 Трапезна палата. Києво-Печерська Лавра
St. Sophia Cathedral (2nd picture)
 Собор Св. Софії (2-га картка)
St. Nicholas' Church on the Bank
 Набережна церква Св. Миколи
Pechersk, The Church of the Nativity of Mary, the Theotokos
 Церква Різдва Богородиці. Києво-Печерська Лавра
Pechersk, the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross
 Хрестовоздвиженська церква. Києво-Печерська Лавра
Pechersk, the Trinity Gate-Church
 Троїцька надбрамна церква. Києво-Печерська Лавра
The Great Belfry
 Велика лаврська дзвіниця. Києво-Печерська Лавра
The Church of the Intercession
Покровська церква
St. Sophia with the Belfry (3rd picture)
 Собор Св. Софії із дзвіницею (3-тя картка)
The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
 Києво-Печерська Лавра
Pechersk, the Dormition Cathedral
 Успенський собор. Києво-Печерська Лавра
St. Andrew's ChurchЦерква Св. Андрія
Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. The Far Caves
Києво-Печерська Лавра. Вид на Дальні печери
Church of the Savior of Berestovo. Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.
 Церква Спаса на Берестові. Києво-Печерська Лавра.
All-Saints' Church. Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.
 Всіхсвятська церква. Києво-Печерська Лавра.

Note from the author:
This page is meant to be a collection of pictures of Orhtodox Churches in Ukraine. Currently, I have pictures of churches situated in Kyiv only. My thanks to Violetta Sorokina, Anna Nechitailo, and Larisa Lutsenko, who gave me pictures and information. I am a little too busy with my classes and cannot update this page regularly until the summer of 1999.

I suggest you to visit these sites:

Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate
Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyiv Patriarchate in Germany

St.Anthony's Ukrainian Orthodox Monastery in Indiana. The hosts of this page.

History of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine (in french). Very good and detailed.
TheoLogic Systems Orthodox WorldLinks is a fast-growing links syte.
One of the best pages can introduce one to the Orthodox faith and provide with many excellent links.
Links to the Orthodox Churches around the World
Russian Christian Page with Orthodox Christian writings and
The Bible in Russian and in other languages
Orthodox Christian Missionary Booklets
St. John the Baptist Cathedral (links)
Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra : Guided Tour   Suprisingly, the connection isn't too slow.
General information about Ukraine

Thank you for your interest.
Alexander Vedrashko.

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