Cross Procession-2017: aerial video shooting

Nearly 100 000 people took part in the Cross Procession from St. Vladimir Hill to the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. The UOC believers from various regions of Ukraine and abroad gathered in Kiev to celebrate in such a way the anniversary of Rus Baptism.Nearly 100 000 people took part in the Cross Procession from St. Vladimir Hill to the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. The UOC believers from various regions of Ukraine and abroad gathered in Kiev to celebrate in such a way the anniversary of Rus Baptism.



The Cross Procession was accompanied by 11miracle-working icons and relics of Saint Prince Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles. The shrines are available for reverence in Trapeznaya temple of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.

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