On the night of 15 August 2025 the town of Sviatohirsk came under shelling, in the course of which the Svyatogirsk Holy Dormition Lavra was damaged: almost throughout the monastery the glass in the windows, and the film standing in its place, were blown out. This was reported by the Ternopil eparchy, which, with cold weather approaching, opened a collection to replace them.
On 16 September 2025 the police of the Donetsk region reported a further strike on the Lavra: in the ninth building of the monastery windows and doors were blown out and the façade of the building was damaged. At about four in the afternoon clergy and faithful were inside; none of them was hurt.
The two occasions rest on different evidence: the September one was described by the regional police, the August one by the Ternopil eparchy, and we found no other source for it. What else, besides glass and film, was damaged in August is not stated in the report.
Sources: Information and Education Department of the UOC, 15 August 2025 — citing the Ternopil eparchy; the same department, 18 September 2025 — citing the police of the Donetsk region and the outlet Vchasno.
