Cathedral Attacked

 

Today the Russians bombed the Dormition Cathedral, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (Ukrainian: Собор Успіння Пресвятої Богородиці Києво-Печерської лаври.)

The Dormition Cathedral was built in 1073.

In 1230 it was damaged by the Kyiv Earthquake, again during the 1240 Siege of Kiyiv by Khan Batu, again by the 1482 Crimean Raid of Meñli I Giray and again in 1718 by a fire.

In 1928 the Cathedral was turned into an Anti-Religious Park by the Soviet Communists and destroyed by the Soviets during the 1941 Khreshchatyk Explosions.

The Cathedral was restored in 1995 after Ukraine regained its Independence.

Today, June 15, 2026, the Cathedral was hit by a Russian Ballistic Missile setting it on fire and killing 11 People.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the attack "one of the biggest Russian Crimes against Christian Culture today.”

My Mom, Sister and I visited the Dormition Cathedral in 2007.