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A place in photographs

Buildings, gardens and interiors. Open a photograph to explore the details.

36 photographs

A pond, footbridge and trees in the grounds

A stone niche with a religious statue among trees

A path between buildings with conifers and an autumn garden

A room with beds, wooden doors and icons

A room with two beds, a wardrobe and a small table

Goats beside a fence under autumn trees

A community group photograph in front of the iconostasis

Three people from the community beside the wooden doors of a building

People from the community at a long wooden table

Four people from the community in a kitchen

Two people in a vegetable garden beside plants and a bucket

Bishop Vitalii Ananchenko in a portrait photograph

Fr Mykola Ananchenko, Archimandrite, in a portrait photograph

Mother Mariia in a portrait photograph

A portrait of a woman wearing a black head covering beside a light wall

A portrait of a woman in blue clothing and a light headscarf in a garden

A woman in a dark headscarf holding a black and white cat in a courtyard — Kindness is the first sign of the Creator’s love for creation.

A woman in a checked shirt beside a fence with goats

Three people from the community beside an open wooden gate — A welcome at the community’s gate.

A building with a porch and people from the community in front of it — A community building with people gathered outside.

Two clergy standing in front of the iconostasis — Spiritual service and formation in community life.

A group photograph on a footbridge beside a pond — Conversation in the community grounds; identified by the owner as spiritual conversations with Bishop Vitalii.

Community sisters beside a table in an open-sided pavilion — A place for hot meals for travellers and visitors.

An ornamental plant and a clergy member on a garden path — Ornamental plants are one of the results of the community’s work.

Sisters and novices of the community in the courtyard — A group photograph of the sisters and novices.

A clergy member with a glass beside a stone niche — A place where a traveller can drink water.

Four people from the community in the social kitchen — The community and everyday service in the social kitchen.

A community sister beside the entrance to the social kitchen building — Beside the social kitchen building.

Community sisters in the church in front of icons — Sisters in the church in front of icons.

A pond, footbridge and buildings in the community grounds — The pond, footbridge and buildings in the community grounds.

People from the community beside the church entrance.

Sisters beside the social kitchen equipment.

A shared table and an open book: spiritual conversation in the community.

Photograph supplied by the community of the Mother of God icon “Search for the Fallen” in the church.

Spiritual spaces

Kybliary community: buildings and grounds

The Mother of God icon “Search for the Fallen” at the Kybliary community

Spiritual spaces