Cave Monastery

Annunciation Cathedral

This cathedral was also built on the ruins of the old cathedral blown up by the authorities in 1941.
It looks very solemn and impressive with its numerous murals and lavish embellishments and domes!
The monastery belfry with its height of 96 metres used to dominate the hills over the Dnipro until the Motherland statue was erected nearby in 1982. The statue proved to be 102 m hight, which infuriated the priests for according to the old tradition no building in the city could be higher that  read more