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Kyiv Pechersk Upper Lavra, Eastern Orthodox Christian Monastery
Kyiv Pechersk Upper Lavra, the Ukrainian Historical Place
"Upper Lavra, Eastern Orthodox Christian Monastery. Exposure 2007 year. Part #1, of the Lavra virtual tours."
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Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (Kyievo-Pecherska Lavra), 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 the town Kyiv.
According to the Primary Chronicle, in the early 11th century, Anthony, a Christian monk from
Esphigmenon monastery on Mount Athos, originally from Liubech of the Principality of Chernigov,
returned to Rus' and settled in Kyiv as a missionary of monastic tradition to Kyivan Rus'.
He chose a cave at the Berestov Mount that overlooked the Dnieper River and a community of
disciples soon grew. Prince Iziaslav I of Kyiv ceded the whole mount to the Anthonite monks
who founded a monastery built by architects from Constantinople
There are over a hundred burials in the Lavra. Below are the most notable ones
Ilya Muromets - in the caves
Nestor the Chronicler - in the Near Caves
Saint Kuksha - in the Near Caves
Alipy of the Caves - in the Near Caves
Agapetus of Pechersk - in the Near Caves
Oleg son of Vladimir II Monomakh - in the Church of the Saviour at Berestove
Eufemia of Kyiv daughter of Vladimir II Monomakh - in the Church of the Saviour at Berestove
Yuri Dolgoruki - in the Church of the Saviour at Berestove
Skirgaila - regent Grand Duke of Lithuania
Konstanty Ostrogski - near the Cathedral of the Dormition
Vasily Kochubey - near the Refectory Church
Ivan Iskra - near the Refectory Church
Pyotr Stolypin - near the Refectory Church
St. Spyridon - in the caves
Pope Clement I - his head in the Far Caves (his remaining relics brought to San Clemente in Rome by Sts. Cyril and Methodius)
During the Soviet era, the bodies of the saints that lay in the caves were left uncovered due to the regime's disregard for religion.
However, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the bodies were covered with a cloth and to this day remain in the same state.
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