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Two-thirds of the last names are of Ukrainian origin, including 18 names of namesakes or direct descendants of Zaporozhian regimental officers, as well as of hetmans (Doroshenko, Chornyi) and general osavuls (Lysenko), and last names derived from kurins. [3] Kuialnyk Cemetery covers an area of 0.16 ha, with the last burial in 1965.
It is the focus of the Ukrainian Orthodox Center, whose 100-acre campus includes a cemetery, seminary, library, museum, and other facilities. The church and cemetery are the site of an annual pilgrimage on the Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle in support and memory of the Ukrainian Orthodox innocent who perished in the Holodomor , the Chernobyl ...
Pages in category "Eastern Orthodox cemeteries in Ukraine" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Since Ukrainian independence in 1991, the cemetery has remained the most prestigious burial ground in the city. Eighty-seven plots are on the List of national landmarks of cultural heritage in Kyiv. An Orthodox Church (Ascension of the Lord) in Byzantine style was built at the cemetery in 1884–1889.
Burials in Ukraine by cemetery (9 C) E. Eastern Orthodox cemeteries in Ukraine (2 P) J. Jewish cemeteries in Ukraine (7 P) K. Cemeteries in Kyiv (2 C, 5 P) M.
In Lviv, western Ukraine, Michael Bociurkiw describes the weariness of a nation grappling with bursting cemeteries and small villages wiped of fighting men.
Main entrance at Baikove Cemetery. From long ago, noble residents of Kyiv were buried in monasteries, cathedrals, churches and their churchyards: the Church of the Tithes, St. Sophia's Cathedral, St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, Vydubychi Monastery, Church of the Saviour at Berestove, St. Cyril's Monastery, Brotherhood Monastery, Florivsky Convent, etc.
Next Sunday, Ukraine’s Orthodox Christians will celebrate Easter. An Orthodox priest blesses parishioners with water on Palm Sunday at the Church of the Transfiguration in Lviv. (Joe Raedle ...