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Lavra Stories: Eliseus Pletenetsky and the Mind
After two devastating devastations, Kyiv loses its role as the unifying centre of the principalities of Rus, the Grand Ducal throne. Later, it also loses its role as the church centre of the Metropolis of All Rus. The Russian principalities became part of other states. Yes, don't be surprised, because that's how my contemporaries, the descendants of Rus, called themselves - people of Rus, Ros, or Rosych. Our northern neighbours, the Muscovites, stole this name. But you should know that Ukraine is the real Rus' and that civilisation has never completely faded away in it, as they lie about today.But the memory of Rus' glorious past is not enough to build a decent future. What made it possible to revive and create its own statehood? What is the role of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in this? I invite you to learn about this from the direct participants and witnesses of the revival. They passed the baton of time to each other, and their routes are arranged in chronological order.Archimandrite of the Pechersk Monastery Yelisey Pletenetsky. The revival of Kyiv began with his scholarly circle. He will tell you what role the struggle around the church union played in this. Truly, the path of his life is the path of Reason.If you have not been to the first period, the Princely Age, you should start with it. It began in front of the main entrance to the Lavra, the Holy Gate.