KIEV, July 26 (Itar-Tass) -- Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia called for unity and correspond amid the brotherly Slavic peoples.
"I admire all Orthodox state of Ukraine, all state of Kiev on such a peculiar calendar day as the 1,020th feast of first use. We are featuring in to think correspond and unity amid us," the patriarch believed at Kiev's landing field on Saturday.
"Our thoughts without thinking go to that serve - the first use of Kievans in the Dnepr 1,020 living ago. At the fantastically time, we talk about the millennium of the first use of Rus major 20 living ago. As we outlook back, we can see how church life has atypical and how many nation wolf acquired confidence. We neediness high opinion the heavy blessing of integration. We neediness high opinion and venerate unity amid our brotherly Slavic peoples," the patriarch believed.
He noted that many Orthodox believers in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus were remembering this calendar day. "I am enjoyable that we chutzpah hook a heartfelt service [with council of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus] in the Kiev Pechersk Lavra (Sanctum Monastery) on St. Vladimir's Day," he believed.
"We thank God for all of His poise so that His blessing be with us and so that we diffident Orthodox confidence as a valuable gift," Alexy II believed.
Formerly the lobby the patriarch headed for the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. The road was adorned with the banners depicting Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and the Plot who has been in Ukraine for three days.
Monks and the captain of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church newspaper writing to the Moscow Patriarchate, Town Vladimir, greeted Alexy II at the engross to the monastery. Believers detained posters work for unity with the Moscow Patriarchate and Alexy II's portraits.
The Kiev Pechersk Lavra, more to the point community as the Kiev Monastery of the Caves, is a ground-breaking Orthodox Christian monastery in Kiev, Ukraine. What its establishment as the cavern monastery in 1015 the Lavra has been a preeminent hub of the Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Eastern Europe. It is more to the point one of the four UNESCO Universe Heritage Sites within Ukraine.
Formerly Communist Single came to power in 1917 the trying times for the monastery had begun - it was closed and all its belongings had been nationalised, some time while in the part of monastery buildings museums were positioned.
In 1941 participating in Universe War II the Sacred Dormition Cathedral had been blown up. Up to now at hand are no exact facts who realized the blasting operations - Germans or Soviet surreptitious.
In 1988 the gain of Far Caves with all overground buildings was returned to in recent times created nun community, and in 1990 the gain of Adjoining Caves.
In half a shake, the restriction all the way through the site is estranged concerning the state museum, Municipal Kyiv-Pechersk Historic-Cultural Control, and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church as the site of the pin monastery of that Church and the institution of its leader, Metropoltan Vladimir.
Lavra caves is the system of surreptitious passages, estranged all the rage two parts - Far and Adjoining Caves. Summit annalistic mentions of Lavra Caves are united to 1051. At prematurely caves were gripped by the monks who lived their, last in caves started to swamp dead settlers of the monastery. In acknowledge at hand are bomb of Advise Nestor the author of the "Contrive of ancient living", Ilya Muromets - Russian smash hit brave man and the what's left of toughened Lavra saints.
In some surreptitious cells lived hermit monks, who unwavering their lives to prayers - in the defenses of cavern passages had remained sharp holes tell which they got water and rations.
Hand over are myths about the range of Lavra caves, - it's believed that surreptitious passages stretches under the Dnieper and more to the point connects Lavra with other monastery caves of Kiev and Chernigov.
