- 1500 CE - 1699 CE (2) - 1700 CE - 1799 CE (2) - 8000 BCE - 499
CE (1) - 1800 CE - 1849 CE (1) - 1850 CE - 1899 CE (1) - Caves
(2) - Kievo-Pecherskaya Monastery (2) - Monasteries (2) -
Monastic and religious life (2) - Religious articles (2) -
Cathedrals (1) - Churches (1) - Printing--Ukraine (1) - Saints
(1) Kiev Caves and the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra This book, published
in Kiev in 1864, is a history and description of Kiev-Pechersk
Lavra, also called the Monastery of the Kiev Caves (pechera
means cave; lavra indicates a monastery of status), a large
complex founded in 1051 by a monk named Anthony in caves dug out
of the hillside. The monastery soon became the center of
Christianity in Russia and played an important part in local
cultural development, housing the first printing press in Kiev
and famous chroniclers, writers, physicians, scientists, and
artists. Kiev-Pechersk Lavra is the most important ... A
Description of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra This book, published in 1826
at the press of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra M