Kyiv’s Pechersk Lavra monastery before Russia’s attack – in pictures

Worshippers at the first morning service at the Pechersk Lavra complex

People inside Pechersk Lavra

A child lights a candle

People gather outside the Pechersk Lavra monastery

People mingle outside the Pechersk Lavra monastery

Onufriy Berezovsky, primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate, with other priests

People outside the Pechersk Lavra monastery

Winter view of Pechersk Lavra

Priests on black gathered at Pechersk Lavra

A woman walking near the Pechersk Lavra

People outside Pechersk Lavra

Primate Onufriy Berezovsky (second right) prays with priests

Priests and monks at the Pechersk Lavra

The Pechersk Lavra complex with people in foreground

Men, some in military uniform, painting at easels