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Bookmark or Share- Dormition Cathedral, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra - WikipediaThe Great Church of the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves by Vasily Vereshchagin (1905). The Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, also referred to as the Holy Dormition Church (Temple) or the Great Church, is the main cathedral of the monastery complex.At times of the Kyivan Rus (), the cathedral also served as a necropolis for the Kyivan princes. ...
- Kyiv Pechersk Lavra - WikipediaKyiv-Pechersk Lavra[1][2] or Kyievo-Pecherska Lavra (Ukrainian: Києво-Печерська лавра), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Eastern Orthodox Christian monastery which gave its name to one of the city districts where it is located in Kyiv.
- 10 Things to Know about Kyiv ‘Pechersk Lavra’ Monastery StoryDating from the 11th century, the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (or “cave monastery”) is considered to be one of the most sacred religious sites in Ukraine.
- Kyevo-Pecherska Lavra | Kyiv, Ukraine - Lonely PlanetTourists and Orthodox pilgrims alike flock to the Lavra, set on 28 hectares of grassy hills above the Dnipro River in Pechersk. It's easy to see why tourists come: the monastery's cluster of gold-domed churches is a feast for the eyes, the hoard of Scythian gold rivals that of the Hermitage, and the underground labyrinths lined with mummified ...
- XI – XIV ст. | National preserve "Kyiv-Pechersk lavra"In the middle of XII century, Kyiv-Pechersk monastery achieved independence of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. In 1159, the son of the great Kyiv prince Yurii Dolhorukyi, Andrii Boholiubskyi, gave the monastery a title of “Lavra”, the status of great princely archmandricy and stauropegion.
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