Ostapenko: Kyiv Lavra exists thanks to the creation of a reserve there
The head of the Lavra reserve, Maksym Ostapenko, has announced plans to mark the 100th anniversary of the Bolsheviks’ creation of the “Museum Town” at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
Maksym Ostapenko, head of the Lavra National Reserve, stated that the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra exists today only thanks to the Bolsheviks’ establishment of a “Museum Town” there.
According to him, “it is symbolic that this year the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra marks 975 years since its first mention, while the National Reserve marks 100 years since its establishment.”
“The figures speak for themselves: one of the country’s oldest spiritual institutions continues to exist thanks to a conscious decision to preserve it,” he wrote on Facebook.
Earlier, the UOJ reported that Ukraine will mark the centenary of the Bolsheviks’ destruction of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
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Maksym Ostapenko, Head of the Lavra Reserve
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