worshipers procession outside the ornately decorated dormition cathedral

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Worshipers in procession outside the ornately decorated dormition cathedral

The Kiev Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Orthodox Christian monastery it is considered a separate national historic-cultural preserve sanctuary, the national status to which was granted on 13 March 1996