Rector of the UOC KTAiS celebrated the Liturgy in the former academic church on the territory of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

on February 21, 2026, the hierarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Archbishop Silvester (Stoychev), celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the former Academic Church in honor of the Nativity of the Mother of God on the territory of the “lower” Holy Dormition Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. The hierarch was served by the teachers of the KTAiS of the UOC, and the service was prayed by students of the institution. Archbishop Sylvester reported about it on his Facebook page .

It is reported that a special moment of the Liturgy was the diaconal ordination of Oleksandr Lebedyuk, a first-year student of the correspondence department of the Kyiv Theological Academy. This event was an important step in his church ministry. After the Divine Service, Archbishop Sylvester served a requiem litany at the graves of His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr and the Rector of the Kyiv Theological Academy and Seminary, Archpriest Nicholas Zabuga.

We shall remind you that earlier we reported that the staff of the “reserve” changed the locks on the doors of the temples in Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, blocking access to the monks of the UOC.