 Lavra Monastery complex in Kiev |
 Golden towers of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra with the Motherland Monument |
 Map of the National Kyiv-Pechersk Historical & Cultural Preserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site |
 Religious procession in Kyiv near the Lavra Monastery |
 All Saints Church, Husbandry Gate, Lavra Monastery |
 All Saints Church, 1696-1698, Lavra Monastery, Kyiv |
 Inside the Husbandry Gate with the Great Lavra Bell Tower |
 Great Lavra Bell Tower, 1731-1745, Kyiv |
 Monks' Dormitories, 16th-18th C., Lavra Monastery, Kyiv |
 Dedication to the Monastery's painters of the 11-12th C. |
 The Baptism of Christ, Lavra Monastery, Kyiv |
 Great Lavra Bell Tower, 2011 renovations |
 Most likely a preserved fragment of the 11th C. Dormition Cathedral, destroyed in 1941 during WWII |
 St. Theodosius of the Caves, Dormition Cathedral |
 Tsar Bell at the Lavra Monastery |
 Detail of the Lavra Monastery Tsar Bell |
 Gate Church of the Trinity, Lavra Monastery |
 Gate Church of the Trinity, 1106-1108 |
 After destruction of the Dormition Cathedral during the Mongol invasion of 1240, it became the main church of Lavra Monastery |
 Madonna and Child, Gate Church of the Trinity |
 Christ and the Apostles, Gate Church of the Trinity |
 Gate Church of the Trinity, Lavra Monastery, Kyiv |
 Assumption of the Virgin, Lavra Monastery, Kyiv |
 Gate Church of the Trinity, Lavra Monastery |
 St. Nicholas church refectory |
 St. Nicholas church refectory |
 All-Saints Church, Lavra Monastery |
 All-Saints Church, Lavra Monastery |
 All-Saints Church, Lavra Monastery |
 Interior wall of Lavra Monastery, Kyiv |
 National Academy of Managerial Staff of Culture and Arts, Kyiv |
 Pysanka - Painted Ukrainian Easter Eggs, Lavra Monastery |
 Pysanka - Painted Ukrainian Easter Eggs, Lavra Monastery |
 Pysanka - Painted Ukrainian Easter Eggs, Lavra Monastery |
 Pysanka - Painted Ukrainian Easter Eggs, Lavra Monastery |
 Pysanka - Painted Ukrainian Easter Eggs, Lavra Monastery |
 Pysanka - Painted Ukrainian Easter Eggs, Lavra Monastery |
 Back side of Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery |
 Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery |
 Golden domes of Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery |
 Bird roosting on the cross of Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery |
 Uspensky Cathedra (Dormition Cathedral)l, Lavra Monastery |
 The Formation Cathedral was destroyed in 1941...either by the Nazis or the Soviets |
 The new Dormition Cathedral was consecrated in 2000, Lavra Monastery |
 Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery |
 Detail of Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery, Kyiv |
 Detail of Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery, Kyiv |
 Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery |
 Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery |
 Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery |
 Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery |
 Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery |
 Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery |
 Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery |
 I can't really read the Old Church Slavonic... |
 Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery |
 Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery |
 Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery |
 Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery |
 Refectory Church, 1893-1895, Pechersk Lavra |
 Refectory Church, Lavra Monastery, Kyiv |
 Northern portal to the Refectory Church |
 Offering of the Icon of the Formation, Refectory Church, Lavra Monastery |
 Great Lavra Bell Tower, Kyiv |
 Great Lavra Bell Tower, Kyiv |
 Great Lavra Bell Tower, Kyiv |
 Great Lavra Bell Tower, Kyiv |
 Museum of Microminiatures with the Great Lavra Bell Tower |
 Uspensky Cathedral (Cathedral of the Dorimition), Lavra Monastery |
 Refectory Church next to Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery, Kyiv |
 Detail of the onion domes of Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery |
 St. Andrew the Apostle, Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery, Kyiv |
 Holy Family with St. Anthony and St. Theodosius, Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery, Kyiv |
 Dome of Uspensky Cathedral with Jesus and the 7 Archangels, Lavra Monastery, Kyiv |
 Dome of Uspensky Cathedral with Jesus and the 7 Archangels, Lavra Monastery, Kyiv |
 Uspensky Cathedral (Cathedral of the Dorimition), Lavra Monastery |
 Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery, Kyiv |
 Uspensky Cathedral, Lavra Monastery, Kyiv |
 Church of the Virgin Nativity and Bell Tower, Kiev |
 Refectory Church, Lavra Monastery, Kyiv |
 Refectory Church, Lavra Monastery, Kyiv |
 Refectory Church, Lavra Monastery, Kyiv |
 Gate, Ukrainian Museum of Books and Printing, Kyiv |
 South Gate, 18th C., Lavra Monastery |
 Near-By Caves Belfry, 1763, Lavra Monastery |
 Cross Exaltation Church, 1700, Lavra Monastery |
 Most likely Saints Cyril and Methodius, Lavra Monastery |
 Korpus 51, Lavrska Street, Kyiv |
 Golden domes of Uspensky Cathedral and the Refectory Church, Lavra Monastery |
 Golden domes of Uspensky Cathedral and the Refectory Church, Lavra Monastery |
 Golden domes of Uspensky Cathedral and the Refectory Church, Lavra Monastery |
 Church of the Virgin Nativity Russian Orthodox Church |
 Church of the Virgin Nativity, 1696, Kiev Pechersk Lavra |
 Church of the Virgin Nativity, Kiev Pechersk Lavra |
 Bell Tower of Far Off Caves, Kiev Pechersk Lavra |
 Mosaic - Mary and Jesus, Lavra Monastery |
 Bell Tower of Far Off Caves, Kiev Pechersk Lavra |
 Bell Tower of the Far-Off Caves, 1754 |
 Bell Tower of the Far-Off Caves, 1754 |
 Bell Tower of the Far-Off Caves, 1754 |
 Bell Tower of the Far-Off Caves, 1754 |
 Tomb of Major General Nikolai Stepanovich Leonov, 1924-1877 |
 Semyon Ivanovich Uspensky (1768-1838), Kyiv |
 Bell Tower of the Far-Off Caves, Kiev Pechersk Lavra |
 Orthodox Cross with the Great Lavra Bell Tower |
 National Kyiv-Pechersk Historical & Cultural Preserve |
 Near Caves, National Kyiv-Pechersk Historical & Cultural Preserve |
 Church of All Perchevsky Saints, Kyiv |
 Pysanka - Painted Ukrainian Easter Eggs, Lavra Monastery |
 Pysanka - Painted Ukrainian Easter Eggs, Lavra Monastery |
 Pysanka - Painted Ukrainian Easter Eggs, Lavra Monastery |
 Entrance to the Near-By Caves, National Kyiv-Pechersk Historical & Cultural Preserve |
 Church of the Life-giving Source, Kyiv |
 Church of the Life-giving Source, Kyiv |
 Debosquette Wall, 1750, National Kyiv-Pechersk Historical & Cultural Preserve |
 Church of the Resurrection of Christ, Lavrska St, Kiev |
 Mosaic of the Archangel Michael, Church of the Resurrection of Christ |
 Mosaic of the Archangel Gabriel, Church of the Resurrection of Christ |
 Blyzhn'opecherna Gate, Kyiv-Pechersk Preserve |
 Mosaic on the Blyzhn'opecherna Gate, Kyiv-Pechersk |
 Temple in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh, Kavrska St |
 Temple in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh, Kavrska St |
 Mosaic of St. Sergius of Radonezh, Kyiv |
 Temple in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh, Kavrska St |
 Gate Church of the Trinity, Lavra Monastery |
 Uspensky Cathedral (Dormition Cathedral), Lavra Monastery |
 Detail of the paintings of the west pediment, Uspensky Cathedral |
 Uspensky Cathedral (Dormition Cathedral), Lavra Monastery |
 Gold domed towers of Uspensky Cathedral, Kyiv |
 Saint Theodosius of the Caves (1036-1074), early leader of the Kyivan Cave Monastery |
 Saint Anthony of the Caves (983-1073), co-founder of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra Monastery |
 Uspensky Cathedral (Dormition Cathedral), Lavra Monastery |
 Gold domed towers of Uspensky Cathedral, Kyiv |
 Uspensky Cathedral (Dormition Cathedral), Lavra Monastery |
 St. Anthony of Kiev, Lavra Monastery |
 St. Anthony of Kiev, Lavra Monastery |