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Head of Ukraine Church holds Christmas service at Kyiv's Pechersk Lavra monastery

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Hundreds of worshippers attend a historic service at the famed Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery as Ukrainians marked Orthodox Christmas under the shadow of war. In a first, Metropolitan Epifaniy, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, leads a Christmas divine liturgy in the Assumption Cathedral of the 11th century Lavra, the pro-Western country's most signifiant Orthodox monastery. IMAGES

Added on the 07/01/2023 12:28:03 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images

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