Vasyl Lypkivsky (1864-1937) was a leader of the national liberation movement in the church life of Ukraine, a fighter for the autocephaly of Ukrainian Orthodoxy, the first head of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church founded in 1921, and Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine. In 1905-1919, he was the rector of the Intercession Church in Solomyanka, and in 1919-1927, he was the last rector and caretaker of St. Sophia of Kyiv. During the last years of his life, Metropolitan Vasyl lived in Solomyanka near the Intercession Church, and then in a hut in Oleksandrivska Slobidka, where he continued to work despite difficult life circumstances, in particular, writing the History of the Ukrainian Church. On October 22, 1937, Vasyl Lypkivsky was arrested in this house and later imprisoned in Lukianivska prison, where he was shot on November 27, 1937. In the 1970s house was demolished along with the neighboring private estates, and later new nine-story buildings were erected here. Using old maps, aerial photography, and comparison with modern maps, researchers were able to identify the exact location of the house and it turned out to be undeveloped.
A monument to Metropolitan Vasyl Lypkivsky was erected on this very spot. It was unveiled on September 14, 2024. The monument was consecrated by Metropolitan Oleksandr Drabynko and the clergy of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
Address: 4 Hryhoriia Kochura Street.
Consecration and opening of the monument:
