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 |