Honoring the memory of the Grand Princess of Kyiv Ingegerd-Iryna in Sophia of Kyiv
Honoring the memory of the Grand Princess of Kyiv Ingegerd-Iryna in Sophia of Kyiv
2019 marks the 1000th anniversary of the marriage of the Grand Prince of Kyiv Yaroslav the Wise to the Swedish Princess Ingegerd († 1051). February 23, 2021 marks the 970th anniversary of her death and burial in the sarcophagus of St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv. On this day, the National Conservation Area “St. Sophia of Kyiv” from 12:00 to 14:00 will host events to honor the Princess of Kyiv Ingegerd-Iryna.
In particular, a memorial service will be held in St. Sophia Cathedral near the sarcophagus of Yaroslav the Wise.
In the Metropolitan’s House there will be a lecture by Ph. D. in History Olena Yasynetska “Truth and Myths about Ingegerd of Sweden – Grand Princess of Rus-Ukraine”. The lecture “sheds light” on the little-known pages of Ingegerd’s biography and dispels myths about her identification with St. Anna Novgorodska.
The Metropolitan’s House will also host an exhibition-presentation of portraits of Prince Yaroslav the Wise and Princess Ingegerd-Iryna by the famous contemporary artist Artur Orlonov.
The event will be attended by the Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine, the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine Epiphanius and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to Ukraine Mr. Tobias Thyberg.