Brotherhood Monastery

Coordinates: 50°27′56″N 30°31′14″E / 50.46556°N 30.52056°E / 50.46556; 30.52056

Mazepa's Epiphany Cathedral (1690-1693)

The Epiphany or Theophany Monastery (better known as Bratsky, or Brotherhood Monastery) is an Orthodox monastery in Podil, Kiev, Ukraine, in the vicinity of Kontraktova Square. Its history has been interwoven with that of Mohyla Academy which now occupies the remaining monastery buildings.

The monastery is supposed to have been founded by Patriarch Jeremias II of Constantinople (†1595). Patriarch Theophanes III of Jerusalem had it reorganized as a local brotherhood school, hence the name.^[1] Its benefactors included Petro Sahaidachny (whose tomb was on the grounds^[2]), Petro Mohyla (who raised its status to that of collegium), and Ivan Mazepa (who asked Osip Startsev to design the five-domed katholikon in a style known as Mazepa Baroque).

Mazepa's church, belfry, and most other buildings of the monastery were demolished by the Soviets in 1935. The remaining buildings have been either reduced to ruins^[2] or rebuilt with significant alterations (as was a refectory church, dating from the 17th century).

References

↑ Overview by Sergei Bulgakov
1 2 Old Kyiv Archived May 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.

Churches and monasteries of Kiev

Cathedrals	Saint Sophia Cathedral St. Volodymyr's Cathedral Resurrection Cathedral St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral St. Nicholas Military Cathedral¹ St. Panteleimon's Cathedral

Churches	St. Andrew's Church St. Cyril's Church Church of the Saviour at Berestove Church of the Tithes Church of the Theotokos Troieshchyna Church Askold Grave Church

Monasteries	Lavra of the Caves (Great Church Gate Church Refectory Church) St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery Vydubychi Monastery Brotherhood Monastery Trinity Monastery Theophania Convent Intercession Convent Florivsky Convent Kitaev Poustinia

¹Demolished structures are in italics

Lists of damaged, destroyed or looted heritage

Man-made

Buddhas of Bamiyan Destruction of cultural heritage by ISIL Looting and burning of the Summer Palaces List of the destroyed landmarks in Spain Destruction of most cultural heritages in Okinawa Shuri Castle Bolshevik Revolution Church of the Tithes St. Nicholas Military Cathedral Brotherhood Monastery St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery Transfiguration Cathedral Destruction of most cultural heritages in North Korea Sogwang and Singye Temple Hungarian Revolution Stalin Monument, Budapest Afghanistan Revolutions of 1989 Berlin Wall Dzerzynski monument, Warsaw Hoxha monument, Tirana Euromaidan Vladimir Lenin monument, Kiev Iraq War archaeological looting Firdos Square statue destruction Croatian War Kosovo War Syrian Civil War ISIL

World War II	Art theft and looting Libraries Planned destruction of Warsaw Nazi plunder

Natural

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

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