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Kyiv Cave Monastery
Photo: Wikimedia Commons · Kyiv Pechersk Lavra

Kyiv Cave Monastery

Monks in the caves · Kyiv, Ukraine

In 1051 the monk Anthony, who had lived on Mount Athos, settled in a cave in the hills above the Dnieper. Others joined him, among them Theodosius, and the community grew into the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, the 'monastery of the caves'. It became one of the great centres of Orthodox faith and learning in Eastern Europe. Today its golden domes and the 18th-century bell tower rise above the river, and the site is on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

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In the narrow caves under the monastery lie the preserved bodies of monks, visited by candlelight.

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