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The Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius (Russian: Троице-Сергиева лавра) is a lavra and the most important Russian monastery, being the spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church. The monastery is situated in the town of Sergiyev Posad , about 70 kilometres (43 mi) to the northeast from Moscow by the road leading to Yaroslavl ...
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 ( Ruthenia ), the cathedral also served as a necropolis for the Kyivan princes.
The Gate Church of the Trinity was built in 1106-1108, as part of the Pechersk Lavra fortification, atop the main entrance to the monastery.The church was founded by the grandson of the Prince of Chernigov, Sviatoslav II, who renounced his princely status and became a Pechersk monk on November 17, 1106 under the name of Mykola Sviatosha. [1]
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's security service said on Wednesday it had found "dubious" Russian citizens, large sums of cash in various currencies and pro-Russian literature during a raid on a 1,000 ...
A lavra or laura (Greek: Λαύρα; Cyrillic: Ла́вра) 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 other Eastern Christian traditions; the name is also used by some Catholic communities.
Lavra, a type of monastery consisting of a cluster of cells or caves for hermits Metochion , an ecclesiastical embassy church within the Eastern Orthodox tradition Stauropegion , a monastery or parish not under the jurisdiction of the local bishop, but directly under the primate or Holy Synod of a particular Church.
Kyiv-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.
Aerial view of the Alexander Nevsky Monastery (2016) The outer wall of the lavra The monastery in the early 1800s Saint Alexander Nevsky Lavra or Saint Alexander Nevsky Monastery was founded by Peter I of Russia in 1710 at the eastern end of the Nevsky Prospekt in Saint Petersburg, in the belief that this was the site of the Neva Battle in 1240 when Alexander Nevsky, a prince, defeated the Swedes.