"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 (1863-1940)



Pictures of the churches with some historical information:
In English Українською (the fonts are here)
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 Church Церква 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.
St. Vladimir's Cathedral
 Собор Св. Володимира

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.

You may be interested in visiting some of these sites:

Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyiv Patriarchate
Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Sobornopravna

Protection of the Virgin Mary Orthodox church in Indiana. The hosts of this page.

TheoLogic Systems Orthodox WorldLinks is a fast-growing links syte.
Orthodox Christian Missionary Booklets
All writings of the Early Church Fathers
Many interesting Orthodox writings (in Russian)
Some of my favorites:
      "Orthodoxy in new pluralistic societies" and Metropolitan Antony of Surozh's "Mystery of Love. About Christian Marriage" and, perhaps, Kuraev's "Answers to young people". All three are in Russian.
Who is St. Nicholas?
General information about Ukraine

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