V Festival of Liturgical Music
«THROUGH CENTURIES AND LANDS»
Kyiv—2009

Dedicated to all sons and daughters
of the Divine Father,
who bonify

 

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered;
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God;
It was never between you and them anyway.

 

(Reportedly inscribed on the wall
of Mother Teresa's children's home
in Calcutta)

Refectory Church of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

The Refectory Church is a refectory and an adjoining church of Saint Anthony and Theodosius of the medieval cave monastery of Kiev Pechersk Lavra in Kiev. In the refectory, the Lavra monks had their meals. The churches adjoining the refectory were constructed in 1893-1895 at a time when more than a thousand monks were living within the monastery.

The sturdy dome of the church incorporates some aspects of ancient Byzantium. The interior decoration of the building was directed by the architect A. Schusev. The marble icons are in the Neo-Russian style. The paintings in both the refectory and the church,...
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