Volunteers Revive Kyiv Cathedral Before 975th Anniversary After Russian Drone Strike
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 19
Volunteers Revive Kyiv Cathedral Before 975th Anniversary After Russian Drone Strike
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 19
Summary
Volunteers—parishioners, veterans and charity workers—gathered at Kyiv’s Dormition Cathedral to clear debris and restore the site after a Russian drone strike in June.
The attack damaged one of the cathedral’s golden domes and set the roof on fire during a broader bombardment of the Ukrainian capital; it remains unclear whether the cathedral was deliberately targeted.
The cleanup was organized after the monastery’s head appealed for help and was timed ahead of the 975th anniversary of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, celebrated Saturday by President Volodymyr Zelensky and other dignitaries.
The cathedral sits within the UNESCO-listed Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, a major Orthodox pilgrimage site whose damage has deepened the sense among worshippers that Russia’s war threatens even Ukraine’s most sacred places.