Russia Sets One Of Christianity’s Holiest Sites Ablaze In Bombing (opens in new tab)

One of the oldest and most sacred Christian monasteries in the world was set ablaze overnight Monday when Russia launched a massive missile and drone assault on Kyiv, damaging the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra — a site that has stood as the spiritual heart of Eastern Orthodox Christianity for nearly a thousand years.Russia hit Kiev Pechersk Lavra tonight—intentionally or not doesn’t matter.Lavra is one of the most important monasteries in Russian Orthodoxy. It was founded in ...