Kiev monastery a sanctuary for the bloodied and bruised


  • World
  • Thursday, 20 Feb 2014

People rest inside Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral (St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery), which serves as a temporary shelter and a first-aid post for anti-government protesters, in Kiev February 19, 2014. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

KIEV (Reuters) - The injured, bloodied and bandaged, lay beneath icons and candles on the floor of St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery.

The combat fatigues and green helmets of some recalled the primitive field hospitals of distant wars.

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