Sviatohirsk Lavra
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The Holy Mountains Lavra of the Holy Dormition is a major Orthodox Christian monastery on the steep right bank of the Siverskyi Donets River. The name comes from the surrounding Holy Mountains; the Ho
The Sviatohirsk Lavra from the right bank of the Seversky Donets River
St. George's Skete of the Lavra after shelling, May 2022
The Sviato-Pokrovska Church of the Lavra
The Sviato-Pokrovska Church from the right side
Sviatohirsk
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Sviatohirsk, formerly Slovianohirsk, is a city in the northern part of Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine. It stands on the banks of the Siverskyi Donets River, 30 kilometers north of the city of Sloviansk. Th
Sviatohirsk Lavra
…name comes from the surrounding Holy Mountains; the Holy Dormition is another term for the death of the Virgin Mary. The monastery is near the town of Sviatohirsk (so named for the monastery in 2003), in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. The monastery also forms the centrepiece of the Holy Mountains National Nature…
Holy Mountains Lavra
Late-19th-century view of the Sviatohirsk Lavra
War destruction in 2022
Roche Royal Hotel