To mark the 100th anniversary of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve, the institution’s employees received awards from the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv and All Ukraine.
The award ceremony took place in the Refectory Church after a prayer service. The orders were awarded to Mykola Kunytskyi, Anatoly Ovchar, Andriy Kurdila, Olga Vecherska, Vyacheslav Volynets, Natalia Kalyuzhna, and Oleg Afonin.
Victor Basarab, Oleksandr Bezzubiy, and Franz Yablonsky were awarded the medals of Archangel Michael. The medals “For Sacrifice and Love” were awarded to Natalia Holub, Natalia Lytvyn, and Maryana Nikitenko.
The blessed certificates were presented to Nina Brendel, Oleksiy Zazhigalova, Vasyl Kotsiuruby, Serhiy Kogan, Hanna Kolyada, Natalia Savchenko, and Valentyna Makhynych.
After the award ceremony, Epiphanius, together with the General Director of the Reserve, Maksym Ostapenko, inspected the exhibition “Heritage not/doomed to destruction”, which opened on the first tier of the Great Lavra bell tower.
The exhibition was prepared by the team of the State Historical and Architectural Reserve in Svyatogorsk. It was presented during the cultural and artistic event “Svyatogorsk: Through the Ages and the Flames of War”, organized within the Museum ArtLab museum laboratory on the occasion of the Day of Defenders of Ukraine.
The exhibition tells about the architectural monuments of Svyatogorye. And through their fates, visitors can learn more about the past of the Donetsk region and its heritage.
Despite the war, the staff of the Svyatogorsk Nature Reserve continue to explore the region’s monuments, document their damage, and collect evidence of the war and the history of the resistance. This work helps preserve information about the structures and tell about their fate outside the Donetsk region.
The title “Heritage not/doomed to destruction” makes us think about what the future of monuments depends on. The exhibition draws attention to their preservation during the war and reminds us that the heritage of the Donetsk region is an integral part of the history and culture of Ukraine.
