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A lavra or laura is a type of monastery consisting of a cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the center. Lavra monasteries operate within the Orthodox and
The Holy Mountains Lavra near the city of Sviatohirsk, Ukraine
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
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The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic lavra or large monastery of Eastern Christianity that gave its name to the Pecherskyi District where it is located
Lavra
…lived scattered over the area, reliant on the town of Nitria for bread, but with their own priest and church. The first lavra in the Kievan Rus' was the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra founded in the 11th century in Kyiv (now in Ukraine). Its founding is mentioned in the 12th-century Primary Chronicle. The largest and the most important…
View of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
Icon of Saints Anthony and Theodosius, founders of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
The Near Caves of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. Sketch by the Dutch artist Abraham van Westerveld made in 1651
A lithograph of Pechersk Lavra, Kyiv, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.