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    Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra or Kyievo-Pecherska Lavra (Ukrainian: Києво-Печерська лавра; Russian: Киево-Печерская лавра, Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra), also known as...
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    the reasons for the move was that both Saint Sophia Cathedral and Kyiv Pechersk Lavra are recognized by the UNESCO World Heritage Program as one complex...
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    caves of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (founded in 1051) existing since ancient times. The settlement began to emerge in the 12th century as the Pechersk Lavra settlement...
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    Pereiaslav, on the site of the already existing fortified monastery of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. Located on the hills of the high right bank of the Dnieper, bounded...
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    heart of Ukraine. Pechersk is one of the most important cultural areas of Kyiv, the location of the legendary Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (Kyiv Monastery of the...
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    nadbramna tserkva) is a historic church of the cave monastery of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Originally being built as in the church...
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    Petro Mohyla (category Hegumens of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra)
    Rubezhivka near Kyiv, where he also founded a church dedicated to Saint John the New from Suceava. He then settled in the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, which was the...
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    century) Univ Lavra (since 1898) Ukrainian Orthodox Church: Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (since 1051) Pochaiv Lavra (since 1833) Sviatohirsk Lavra (since 2004)...
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    of the medieval cave monastery of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. In the refectory, the Lavra monks had their meals. The building...
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    The Lavra fortification (Ukrainian: Лаврські фортифікаційні споруди, romanized: Lavrs’ki fortyfikatsiini sporudy; Russian: Лаврские фортификационные укрепления...
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    construction. Apart from workers from the neighboring villages, the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra sent 50 of its best masons to work on the church. Both the external...
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    historical architecture complexes are the St. Sophia Cathedral and the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves), which are recognized by UNESCO as a World...
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    Кущника) is a defensive tower with a church, part of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra fortifications, Kyiv, Ukraine. A small church built into the defensive tower...
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    Kievan Rus'. Together with Theodosius of Kiev, he co-founded the Kiev Pechersk Lavra (Kiev Monastery of the Caves). He was born in Liubech (present-day Ukraine)...
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  • Alexius of Kyiv, Helladius of Kyiv, Sisoes of Kyiv, Theophilus of Kyiv, John of Kyiv (an infant), and John of Kiev (an adult). Kyiv Pechersk Lavra is an orthodox...
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    caves and a network of tunnels of the medieval cave monastery of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The Near Caves have a total length of...
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    ISSN 0362-4331. "Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra switches jurisdiction to Orthodox Church of Ukraine". Novaya Gazeta Europe. 2 December 2022. "On the fake about the Lavra and...
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    Polesia (Polissia). In Kyiv region, there was a specific folk icon-painting style much influenced by the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra painting school. Saints...
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    at Wikimedia Commons Venerable Nestor the Chronicler of the Kiev Near Caves Orthodox icon and synaxarion Visitor information for Kyiv Pechersk Lavra...
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    dissolution of the Soviet Union, Metropolitan of Kyiv Filaret convened an assembly at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra which submitted a request for Ukrainian autocephaly...
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  • the Moscow Patriarchate was made in 1683. The archimandrite of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra — Innocent Giesel — died on 18 November. Hetman Ivan Samoilovych...
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  • natural site. The first site listed was "Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra", in 1990. The most recent site listed...
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    Church of the Saviour at Berestove (category Kyiv Pechersk Lavra)
    Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in an area known as Berestove. Although it is situated outside the Lavra fortifications, the Saviour Church is part of the Lavra complex...
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    Pereiaslav, 20) Lutsk Castle, 21) House of the State Industry Kyiv: Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Sophia of Kyiv, House with Chimaeras; Crimea: Livadia Palace, Mount Mithridat...
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    holidays), travelling through Kyiv Passenger Railway Terminal, Khreshchatyk, European Square and the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. In 2010, Kyiv Urban Electric Train service...
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    Bank of Ukraine's website refers to it as karbovanets. In March 1917 in Kyiv, some political parties formed the Central Rada, which proclaimed on 20 November...
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    Klov Palace (category Buildings and structures in Kyiv)
    residence was constructed between 1752 and 1756 with funds provided by Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. The Russian royal family were expected to stay at the palace during...
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    National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide (category Museums in Kyiv)
    museum is located on the Pechersk Hills on the right bank of the Dnieper River in Kyiv, adjacent to the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. On 28 November 2006, the...
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    Synevyrska Poliana in Carpathian Mountains Kyiv: Saint Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra L'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic...
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  • school of the Kyiv bratstvo ("brotherhood"). When, in 1632, the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra school and Kyiv Brotherhood School merged they formed Kyiv's, and by extension...
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